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Past Commanding Officers of 180 Squadron

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Tyrrell Oct 1942 – Jan 1944

Flying Officer Richard McCleary Jan 1944-Set 1946

Squadron Leader Robert G. Dale, DSO, DFC Sep 1946-Oct 1953

Squadron Leader J.H. McGeough Oct 1953-Nov 1955

Flight Lieutenant F.L. Clarke Nov 1955-Sep1956

Squadron Leader L.J. Gilmore Sep 1956-Sep 1961

Squadron Leader James Montle Sep 1961-Feb 1966

Flight Lieutenant W. Van Atter Feb 1966-Sep 1967

Major B. Owen Sep 1967-Nov1973

Captain T. Marrett Nov 1973-Nov 1974

Major G. Bagley Nov 1974-Dec1977

Major R. Seyffert Dec 1977-Ot 1981

Major G. Lowes Oct 1981-Oct 1983

Major D. Gooch Oct 1983-Apr 1987

Captain B. Gillespie Apr 1987-Nov 1990

Major A. Fyfe Nov 1990-Oct 1995

Major S. Walsh Oct 1995-Oct 2000

Captain M. Lucas Oct 2000-Oct 2005

Captain C. Carfagnini Oct 2005-Oct 2010

Major A. Hanniford Oct 2010-Sep 2015

Major M. Singh Sep 2015- Feb 2019

Major M. Marsh Feb 2019 - Present

 

Past Squadron Warrant Officers

1955 W/O F. Nevin - 1956 W/O1 B.J. Owen - 1957 WO1 B Owen- 1958-59 W/O1 J. Murphy - 1959-60 W/O1 A.B. Triolaire -

1960-61 W/O1 K. Moody - 1961-62 WO1 J. Cody - 1962-63 W/O1 J.A. Jarvis - 1963-64  W/O1 S. Harper - 1964-65 W/O1 J. Glaysher 

1965-66 W/O1 J.M. Lachapelle - 1966-67 WO1 Harbridge - 1967-68 WO1 G. Bagley - 1968-69 W/O1 M. Lehman - 1969-70 W/O1 K.W. Lancey -

1970-71 W/O1 T. Givins - 1971-72 ? - 1972-73 W/O1 B.S. Champion - 1973-74 ? - 1974-75 F.S.A. C.H. Fraser 

1975-76 W.O.1. D.A. Carson - 1976-77 W.O.1 R. Kostecka - 1977-78 W.O.1 R. Zeidler - 1978-79 W.O.1 S. McLeod - 1979-80 W.O.1 G. MacGougan

1980-81 WO1 Milner WO1 Fyfe - 1981-82 WO1 Lehman W.O.1 D.E. Plaza - 1982-83 W.O.1 F.A. Miller - 1983-84 W.O.1 J. Voralek - 1984-85 W.O.1 D. Lamb 

1985-86 W.O.1 R.F. Holman - 1986-87 W.O.1 Friesner - 1987-88 W.O.1 P. Fabbruzzo - 1988-89 W.O.1 P. Fabbruzzo - 1989-90 W.O.1 C. Fu

1990-91 W.O.1 J. Cvijanovich - 1991-92 W.O.1 J. Cvijanovich - 1992-93 WO1 M.S. Greenland - 1993-94 WO1 J. Lewis - 1994-95 WO1 D Por, WO1 R. Siddiqui

1995-96 WO1 D. Pearce - 1996-97 WO1 S. Camacho - 1998 WO1 S. Camacho - 1999 WO1 C Carfagnini, WO1 T. Lancey  - 2000 WO1 P. Weizenbluth  

2001 WO1 Bulligan - 2002 WO1 S. Ban - 2003 WO1 D. Cheng - 2004 WO1 D. Saroea - 2005 WO1 E. Bagley 

2006 WO1 Ng - 2007 WO1 Bakchinov, WO1 Possian - 2008 WO1 H. Naiman - 2009 WO1 A. Nero - 2010 WO1 G. Yuan  

2011 WO1 A. Garbrah - 2013 WO1 Shoot, FSgt Lam- 2014 - WO2 R Naiman, 2015 WO1 C. Arrowsmith

2016 WO1 M. Tolentino - 2017 WOI D Chen - 2018 WOI A.Dela Cruz - 2019 WO1 J Han, WOII C Boccengelle - 2020 WO1 A. Dela Cruz

2021 WO1 K Martins

 

Squadron Won Awards

Westman Shield for the Top Squadron in Ontario

1965, 1971, 1993

Air Transport Command Award for 2nd Highest Proficiency in Ontario

 

1970, 1991

Stratcona Trust for 3rd place in Ontario

1993

 

Top Drill Team in Ontario

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019

 

Top Air Cadet Drum and Bugle in Ontario

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 

 

Top Drum and Bugle Band in Ontario

2001, 2007

 

Top Band in Ontario

 

 

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