Bomber Command

Hillingdon House, Uxbridge, Middlesex; High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. (from 13 Mar 1940)

Formed from the bomber element of ADGB on 14 Jul 1936.

Disbanded 30 Apr 1968 on being absorbed into Strike Command as No 1 (Strike) Group.

Motto: Strike Hard Strike Sure.

14 Jul 1936	ACM Sir John Steel
12 Sep 1937	ACM Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
3 Apr 1940	AM Sir Charles Portal
5 Oct 1940	AM Sir Richard Peirse
8 Jan 1942	AVM J E A Baldwin (Acting AOC in C whilst AOC No 3 Group)
22 Feb 1942	ACM Sir Arthur Harris
15 Sep 1945	AM Sir Norman Bottomley
16 Jan 1947	AM Sir Hugh Saunders
8 Oct 1947	AM Sir Aubrey Ellwood
2 Feb 1950	AM Sir Hugh Lloyd
9 Apr 1953	AM Sir George Mills
22 Jan 1956	AM Sir Harry Broadhurst
20 May 1959	AM Sir Kenneth Cross
1 Sep 1963	AM Sir John Grandy
19 Feb 1965	AM Sir Wallace Kyle