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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air
Commodore D L Amlot
Douglas
Lloyd
b: 14 Jun 1910
r: 30 Oct 1960
d: 21 Mar 1979
CBE
- 7
Jun 1951, DFC – 22 Nov 1938, AFC – 14 Jun 1945.
Act Plt Off (P): 6 Nov 1935, Plt
Off: 6 Nov 1936, Fg Off: 6 May
1938, Act Flt Lt: 2 Mar – 13 Aug
1939, Flt
Lt: 6 May 1940, Act Sqn
Ldr: xx xxx xxxx, (T) Sqn Ldr: 1
Sep 1941, Act Wg Cdr: 11 Feb 1942?,
Sqn Ldr (WS): 11 Aug 1942, Sqn Ldr:
20 Nov 1942 [1 Sep 1941], (T) Wg Cdr:
1 Jul 1943, Act Gp Capt: 2 Feb 1944?,
Wg Cdr (WS): 2 Aug 1944, Wg Cdr: 1
Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1951,
Act A/Cdre: 8 Sep 1958, A/Cdre: Retained.
6
Nov 1935:
Initial Officer Training, RAF Depot?
23
Nov 1935: U/T Pilot, No 4 FTS.
14
Aug 1936:
Pilot, No 6 Sqn.
21 Mar 1939: Granted
Medium Service Commission in the rank of Flying Officer.
14 Aug 1939: Embarked on HT Somersetshire for return to Home Establishment
xx xxx 1939: Attended Flying Instructors' Course, CFS
22 Oct
1939: QFI, RAF College
(FTS), Cranwell.
6
Nov 1939:
Granted Permanent Commission in the rank of Flying Officer.
xx
xxx 1940:
CFI, No 21 SFTS (Kumalo, Rhodesia)
xx
xxx 1941:
Officer Commanding, No 27 EFTS (Induna, Rhodesia)
xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding, RAF Thornhill
xx
xxx xxxx:
Officer Commanding, RAF Cardington
xx
xxx xxxx:
Directing Staff, RAF Staff College.
28
Oct 1946: Staff, Directorate of Organisation (Establishments).
3
Jul 1948:
Officer Commanding, No 1 Group, RPAF.
xx
xxx 1949:
Chief of Staff/2 i/c, Royal Pakistan Air Force.
16 Jul 1951: Staff Officer, Directorate of Plans
7
Sep 1953:
SASO, HQ No 25 (Training) Group.
31
Dec 1956: Director of Flying Training/Air Training.
He attended Dulwich College from Michaelmas Term 1924.
Citation for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross
AMLOT, Douglas Lloyd, F/O - Distinguished Flying Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 22 November 1938,
"for gallant and distinguished services rendered in Palestine".
Reported in Aeroplane of 30 November 1938; No.6 (Bomber) Squadron, Ramleh. Public Record Office WO 373.106 Part 4 has recommendation submitted by Interdepartmental Awards Committee on 28 October 1938; unit confirmed as No.6 (Bomber) Squadron:
"For gallant conduct at Dair Ghassana in the 15th September 1938, and for exceptionally valuable service rendered in Palestine during the last two years."
Recommendation for the award of the Air Force Cross
AMLOT, Douglas Lloyd, A/G/C, DFC (Royal Air Force) - Station Thornhill, Rhodesian Air Training Group - Air Force Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 14 June 1945. Public Record Office Air 2/8771 has citation drafted when he had flown 1,729 instructional hours, 70 in previous six months.
"Group Captain Amlot is Station Commander at Thornhill. He has served in this Command for 4 ½ years during which he has been employed as Chief Instructor at an “Oxford: school, and as Wing Commander, Air Staff, Training He has also commanded an Elementary Flying Training School. He has at all times set a fine example both in the air and on the ground. During his last year in command of a “Harvard” school he raised the standard of flying to a remarkable degree, particularly in applied flying."
This entry was last updated on 18/03/25©
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