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MDWG Commanders

01 Dec 1941 to 12 Sep 1945 Lt Col Arthur C. Hyde (1)

12 Sep 1945 to 01 Dec 1948 Lt Col Edward R. Fenimore

01 Dec 1948 to 05 Jan 1951 Col Allan U. Bevier

05 Jan 1951 to 04 Jan 1954 Col Bennett Crain

04 Jan 1954 to 31 Mar 1958 Col A. Paul Fonda

31 Mar 1958 to 15 June 1959 Col William D. Turner

15 June 1959 to 23 Oct 1959 Col Willard D. Gilbert (acting)

23 Oct 1959 to 12 Apr 1960 Col Eugene S. Bibb (acting) (2)

12 Apr 1960 to 30 Dec 1969 Col William M. Patterson (3)

30 Dec 1968 to 27 Apr 1971 Col Willard D. Gilbert (was MDWG CC twice)

27 Apr 1971 to 29 Mar 1976 Col Stanley F. Moyer

29 Mar 1976 to 05 Dec 1980 Col Frank A. Kunkowski

05 Dec 1980 to 19 Feb 1984 Col Daniel J. Hill (4)

19 Feb 1984 to 27 Jun 1988 Col Kenneth R. Welk (5)

27 Jun 1988 to 01 Jul 1992 Col Clifford A. Parks (6)

01 Jul 1992 to 12 Oct 1996 Col Eugene L. Przybylowicz

12 Oct 1996 to 11 Nov 2000 Col Ralph A. Vogt

11 Nov 2000 to 21 Aug 2004 Col Lawrence L. Trick (7)

21 Aug 2004 to 4 Mar 2006 Col Kay Joslin Walling (8)

4 Mar 2006 to 29 April 2006 Lt Col John C. Kilgallon (acting) (9)

29 April 2006 to 24 April 2010 Col Gerard W. Weiss (10)

24 April 2010 to present  Col John M. Knowles

Notes

  1. Hyde Field in Clinton, Md. was built by and belonged to him.
  2. Bibb was a former Army General.
  3. Patterson went from a Squadron Commander to Wing Commander, and continued on as Middle East Region and National Commander. He had been a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force.
  4. Hill helped get the CAP supply bill adopted.
  5. Welk was a frogman in Word War II.
  6. Parks’ first airplane flight was in a CAP aircraft, at Westminster.
  7. Trick was the first former cadet (and Spaatz cadet) to become a Maryland Wing Commander.
  8. Walling was the first female Maryland Wing Commander and continued on as Middle East Region Commander.
  9. Kilgallon was the first cadet (and Spaatz cadet) from Maryland Wing to become Wing Commander. At the time he served as Maryland Wing Commander he was also an active duty Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army.
  10. Weiss was a former Army Lieutenant Colonel.