RAF WWII 38 GROUP SQUADRONS REUNITED - Air Officers Commanding No.38 Wing and No.38 Group

The officers are presented with all their decorations even if they were given after the war.

No.38 Wing

Air Commodore Sir Henry Nigel St. Valery NORMAN Bt., CBE (1898-†1943) 19 January 1942

Air Commodore William Harold PRIMROSE, CBE DFC (1884-†1957) 29 April 1943

No.38 Group

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) 6 November 1943

                Leo,Cdr: Order of Leopold, Commander - Belgium
                BL: Bronze Lion - Netherlands
                LoH,O: Legion of Honour, Officer - France
                CdeG(F): Croix de Guerre - France

Air Vice-Marshal James Rowland SCARLETT-STREATFIELD, CBE
MiD LoM(O) (1909-†1945) 18 October 1944

LoM(O): Legion of Merit (Officer) - United States of America

Air Commodore Noel Christie SINGER, CBE DSO DFC MiD (1906-†1974) 1 June 1945

Air Vice-Marshal Ronald IVELAW-CHAPMAN (later Air Chief-Marshal
Sir R IVELAW-CHAPMAN), GCB KBE DFC AFC
MiD (1899-†1978) 1 August 1945

Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Leonard FIDDAMENT, CB CBE DFC (1896-†1976) 5 November 1946

Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Charles Henry SHARP, CBE DSO AFC SS
LoM(Cdr) (1904-†1956) 17 January 1949

SS: Silver Star - United States of America
LoM(Cdr): Legion of Merit, Commander - United States of America

Air Vice-Marshal Edgar James KINGSTON-McCLOUGHRY, CB CBE DSO
DFC* MiD AFReS (1896-†1972) 25 January 1950

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No.38 Group disbanded from 1 February 1951 to 31 December 1959
& from 18 November 1983 to 31 October 1992

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