Commanding Officers
The following officers have held command of No. 24 Squadron:
- 1 September 1915, Captain A G Moore
- 29 September 1915, Major L G Hawker
- 29 November 1916, Major C E Rabagliati
- 23 March 1917, Major A G Moore
- 22 August 1917, Major J G Swart
- 2 February 1918, Major V A H Robeson
- 1 April 1920, Squadron Leader E H Johnston
- 23 October 1922, Squadron Leader O T Boyd
- 22 October 1923, Squadron Leader R S Maxwell
- 27 August 1925, Squadron Leader W H L O'Neill
- 20 September 1927, Squadron Leader S N Cole
- 20 March 1929, Squadron Leader D S Don
- 3 October 1931, Squadron Leader J Whitford
- 1 December 1935, Squadron Leader H K Goode
- June 1939, Wing Commander J Anderson
- October 1939, Wing Commander H K Goode
- April 1941, Wing Commander H G Lee
- June 1941, Wing Commander P M W Wright
- June 1942, Wing Commander H B Collins
- September 1944, Wing Commander T H Archbell
- October 1945, Wing Commander E L A Walter
- September 1946, Wing Commander C W K Nicholls
- March 1948, Wing Commander P H Lombard
- March 1950, Wing Commander C F Read (RAAF)
- December 1950, Squadron Leader H A Nash
- October 1951, Major J N Robbs (SAAF)
- October 1953, Squadron Leader J L Kerr
- September 1955, Squadron Leader R B Bolt (RNZAF)
- February 1957, Squadron Leader M M Mair
- October 1957, Wing Commander D W Hitchins (RAAF)
- October 1959, Wing Commander H D Archer
- November 1961, Wing Commander R B Sillars
- November 1963, Wing Commander R T Saunders
- January 1966, Wing Commander G Moss
- January 1968, Wing Commander J E H Tetley
- July 1970, Wing Commander R D Bates
- July 1972, Wing Commander M J Hardy
- July 1974, Wing Commander C E Evans
- February 1976, Wing Commander M C A Davis
- August 1978, Wing Commander K Chapman
- October 1980, Wing Commander D R Jones
- March 1983, Wing Commander C J M Carrington
- June 1985, Wing Commander R M Peach
- December 1987, Wing Commander D B Farquhar
- April 1990, Wing Commander R D Iredale
- October 1992, Wing Commander M D Stringer
- June 1995, Wing Commander R M Bailey
- April 1998, Wing Commander P N Oborn CBE
- August 2000, Squadron Leader G C Cook
- December 2000, Wing Commander R Hobson
- June 2003, Wing Commander K Groves
- October 2005, Squadron Leader S K Marston
- December 2005, Wing Commander D Turnbull
- June 2008, Wing Commander A Bacon
- November 2010 Wing Commander P G Cochrane
- February 2011 Wing Commander T Jones
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