Air Officers Commanding No.38 Wing & No.38 Group
The officers are presented with all their decorations even if they were given after the war.
No.38 Wing
19 January 1942 Air Commodore Sir Henry Nigel St. Valery NORMAN Bt., CBE (1898-†1943)
29 April 1943 Air Commodore William Harold PRIMROSE, CBE DFC (1884-†1957)
No.38 Group
6 November 1943 Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Norman HOLLINGHURST (later Air Chief-Marshal Sir L N HOLLINGHURST), GBE KCB DFC MiD* DFC(US) Leo,Cdr BL LoH,O CdeG(F) (1895-†1971)
Leo,Cdr: Order of Leopold, Commander – Belgium
BL: Bronze Lion – Netherlands
LoH,O: Legion of Honour, Officer – France
CdeG(F): Croix de Guerre – France
18 October 1944 Air Vice-Marshal James Rowland SCARLETT-STREATFEILD, CBE MiD LoM(O) (1909-†1945)
LoM(O): Legion of Merit (Officer) – United States of America
1 June 1945 Air Commodore Noel Christie SINGER, CBE DSO DFC MiD (1906-†1974)
1 August 1945 Air Vice-Marshal Ronald IVELAW-CHAPMAN (later Air Chief-Marshal Sir R IVELAW-CHAPMAN), GCB KBE DFC AFC MiD (1899-†1978)
5 November 1946 Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Leonard FIDDAMENT, CB CBE DFC (1896-†1976)
17 January 1949 Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Charles Henry SHARP, CBE DSO AFC SS LoM(Cdr) (1904-†1956)
SS: Silver Star – United States of America
LoM(Cdr): Legion of Merit, Commander – United States of America
25 January 1950 Air Vice-Marshal Edgar James KINGSTON-McCLOUGHRY, CB CBE DSO DFC* MiD AFReS (1896-†1972)
No.38 Group disbanded from 1 February 1951 to 31 December 1959, from 18 November 1983 to 31 October 1992, from 1 April 2000 to 1 July 2014 & from 31 December 2020 to present
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