He moved to command of No. 12 Group RAF on 5 May 1946.

The squadron was a bomber unit in No. 4 Group RAF.

The aircraft went mostly to conversion units of No. 5 Group RAF.

The station became a unit of No. 11 Group RAF in January 1965.

In response the whole of No. 10 Group RAF intercepted.

An attack on the night of 25/26 August 1944 by No. 5 Group RAF was a failure.

By 1945, five main hangars and three runways had been built at the site, which was also home to No. 9 Group RAF.

It was absorbed into No. 84 Group RAF on 21 April 1946.

It was absorbed into No. 12 Group RAF on 15 September 1944.

He took command of No. 2 Group RAF in April.