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Air Marshal Sir John Bradley

John Stanley Travers b: 11 Apr 1888 r: 27 Oct 1945 d: 6 Jan 1982

KCB - 11 Jun 1942, CBE - 1 Jul 1941 (OBE - 3 Jun 1919), MiD - 1 Jan 1941, PR2 - 12 Jun 1945.

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(Army): - 2 Lt: 24 Dec 1914, Lt: xx xxx xxxx, (T) Capt: xx xxx xxxx [5 Jun1915], Capt: 5 Jun 1917, (T) Maj: 16 Feb 1918.

(RAF): - Maj: 1 Aug 1918, Act Lt Col: 1 Aug 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Aug 1918], Sqn Ldr: 1 Aug 1919, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1926, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1931, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1935, AVM: 1 Jan 1938, Act AM: 30 Nov 1940, (T) AM: 4 May 1942, AM: 1 Jan 1944.

xx xxx xxxx: Cadet, Officer Training Corps.

24 Dec 1914: Officer, 7^th Service Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

29 Jan 1917: Officer, Machine Gun Corps [seniority from 5 Jun 1917]

9 Apr 1917: Staff Captain

4 Apr 1918: Special Duty, Armament School.

1 Aug 1918: Appointed Staff Officer 1st Class, RAF.

31 May 1919: Staff Officer 2nd Class, HQ South-Eastern Area.

16 Sep 1919: Awarded Short Service Commission (Staff Officer Branch) in the rank of Squadron Leader

1 Apr 1920: Air Staff - Organisation, Operations and Intelligence, HQ Inland Area.

17 Dec 1920: Awarded Permanent Commission in the rank of Squadron Leader (wef 16 Sep 1919)

xx xxx 1920: U/T Pilot.

1 Dec 1921: Officer Commanding, No 14 Sqn. (Bristol F2B – Ramlah)

31 Jan 1924: Air Staff, HQ Iraq Command.

1 Mar 1926: Air Staff, HQ ADGB.

17 Mar 1930: Officer Commanding, RAF Northolt.

2 Feb 1931: Staff, Deputy Directorate of Postings.

8 Nov 1931: SASO, HQ Wessex Bombing Area.

xx xxx 1933: Air Staff, HQ Western Area.

14 Jan 1935: Director of Equipment.

31 Mar 1938: AOC/AOC in C, Maintenance Command.

1 Jan 1941: Gazetted for rendering valuable services in connection with the war

12 Oct 1942: Deputy Air Member for Supply & Organisation.

Born in Cork, he was studying law with the intention of becoming a barrister with the war broke out and he joined the Army from the OTC.

When he joined the RAF, he did so as a staff officer, not a pilot, due to his vast experience with machine guns. He was responsible for organising the first Hendon Air Pageant as well as later ones.

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