About Devon & Somerset Wing

With headquarters in Wyvern Barracks, Exeter, Devon & Somerset Wing covers a large geographical area from Hartland in the West to Frome in the East and is bounded on the north by the Severn estuary and on the south by the English Channel.



The Wing is one of 6 that form the South West Region of the Air Training Corps.
The region also encompasses:
  • Plymouth & Cornwall
  • Dorset & Wiltshire
  • Bristol & Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire & the Isle of Wight
  • Thames Valley

    Wing Organisation
    Commanding Officer
    Wing Commander Wills-Pope MBE RAFVR(T)

    Commanding Officer - Devon & Somerset Wing
    Wing Staff Officers
    Sqn Ldr
    M Sewell
    RAFVR(T)

    Ground Training Cadets BTEC Awards Officer     		Sqn Ldr
    T Ancell
    RAFVR(T)

    Adventure Training     		Sqn Ldr
    W Vinnicombe
    RAFVR(T)

    Physical Education Officer
    Sqn Ldr
    J Parsons
    RAFVR(T)

    Shooting Officer     		Sqn Ldr
    D Rolfe
    RAFVR(T)

    Media Communications Officer     		 
    Wing S/NCOs
    WO
    G Tonks

    Wing WO     		WO Tony Pillar
    Deputy Wing WO


    Wing Headquarters Staff
    Sqn Ldr
    P Smith
    RAFR

    Wing Administrative Officer
    Nyree Ellis Yvonne Townsend Group Captain
    R C Travis
    MBE RAF (Retd)     		Sqn Ldr
    C Paull
    MBE RAFVR(T) (Retd)
    Administrative Officer Typist Wing Chairman Wing Treasurer