Squadron History

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
