Just been looking through some partially complete CO lists for 1(F) to 50 squadrons and my initial thoughts are that there was a clear change around the time of the formation of Strike Command, as from the late 60s squadrons like 1(F), II(AC) and 43(F)changed from Sqn Ldr to Wg Cdr, 22 still had a Sqn Ldr CO in 1976 and possibly later (but not an F or B unit).
Additional Note re 204: then Sqn Ldr later Air Cdre Leppard's predecessors as CO back to 1955 were all Wg Cdrs - there are quite a few instances of Sqn Ldr COs between long lists of Wg Cdrs who were in post for a few months but in this case it was over a year.
Last edited by SLXOwft; 16th Jan 2024 at 12:06.
Reason: 204 Squadron