Wattisham 22 Sqn, C Flt, RAF Valley 23 Sqn, RAF Waddington 42(R) Sqn Squadron, RAF Kinloss 51 Sqn, RAF Waddington 120 Sqn Squadron, RAF Kinloss 201 Sqn Squadron, RAF Kinloss 202 Sqn, A Flt & HQ, RAF Boulmer 202 Sqn, D Flt, RAF Lossiemouth 202 Sqn, E Flt, RAF Leconfield SARF / 203(R) Sqn Squadron, RAF St. Mawgan (disbanded from April 2009) As from 1 April 2006, the stations and squadrons which were under the command of 3 Group RAF were brought under the command of No. 2 Group RAF. Commanders 1919 to 1921 30 November 1919 Group Captain U J D Bourke 23 November 1920 Group Captain A M Longmore 1923 to 1926 16 April 1923 Air Commodore T I Webb-Bowen 7 March 1924 Air Commodore L E O Charlton 2 January 1925 Air Commodore R Gordon 1 October 1925 Air Commodore I M Bonham-Carter 1936 to 1967 1 May 1936 Air Vice-Marshal P H L Playfair 14 February 1938 Air Commodore A A B Thomson (killed on duty 8 August 1939) 29 August 1939 Air Vice-Marshal J E A Baldwin 14 September 1942 Air Vice-Marshal The Hon R A Cochrane 27 February 1943 Air Vice-Marshal R Harrison 28 February 1946 Air Vice-Marshal A C Collier Post vacant 9 July 1946 Air Vice-Marshal R M Foster 18 March 1947 Air Vice-Marshal L Darvall 14 December 1948 Air Vice-Marshal A Hesketh 15 September 1951 Air Vice-Marshal W A D Brook 1 September 1953 Air Vice-Marshal E C Hudleston 2 February 1956 Air Vice-Marshal K B B Cross 4 May 1959 Air Vice-Marshal M H Dwyer 9 October 1961 Air Vice-Marshal B K Burnett 5 August 1964 Air Vice-Marshal D F Spotswood 26 November 1965 Air Vice-Marshal D G Smallwood 2000 to present 1 April 2000 Rear-Admiral Iain R Henderson (Royal Navy – Fleet Air Arm) 24 July 2001 Rear-Admiral Scott Lidbetter (Royal Navy – Fleet Air Arm) 7 October 2003 Air Vice-Marshal A D White See also List of Royal Air Force groups References Citations Bibliography Moyes, Philip J.R. Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 2nd edition 1976. . Ward, Chris. 3 Group Bomber Command: An Operational Record. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd.,2008. . Webster, Charles and Noble Frankland, The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939–1945 (HMSO, 1961 & facsimile reprinted by Naval & Military Press, 2006), 4 vols. .