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Air Vice Marshal H H Brookes

Hugh Hamilton            b: 14 Oct 1904            r: 10 Nov 1958            d: 16 Mar 1988

CB - 10 Jun 1954, CBE - 7 Jun 1951, DFC - 8 Dec 1944, MiD - 6 May 1932, MiD - 24 Sep 1941.

Plt Off: 31 Jul 1924, Fg Off: 31 Jan 1926, Flt Lt: 8 Jan 1930, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1936, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1941, Wg Cdr: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Jan 1940], Gp Capt: 1 Oct 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1949, AVM: 1 Jan 1953.

xx xxx 1922:           Flight Cadet, ' B' Sqn, RAF College. (Flt Cdt Cpl – Cricket, Rugby)

31 Jul 1924:            Pilot, No 58 Sqn.

26 Sep 1927:          Pilot, No 22 Sqn.

 3 Sep 1929:           Officer, No 2 Armoured Car Company.

14 Feb 1930:          Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, HQ Iraq Command.

 5 Oct 1930:           Flight Commander, No 84 Sqn.

11 Nov 1931:         Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

12 Mar 1932:         Flight Commander, No 29 Sqn.

23 Jan 1933:           Attended RAF Staff College.

22 Dec 1933:          Air Staff, HQ Coastal Area.

 9 Mar 1935:           GSO III, HQ Scottish Command.

 9 Mar 1936:           Staff, A. & A.E.E.

xx xxx 1937:            Officer Commanding, No ? Sqn.

15 Dec 1937:           Air Staff, HQ British Forces in Iraq.

xx xxx 1939:            Officer Commanding, No 39 Sqn.

xx xxx 1940:            Air Staff, HQ British Forces in Aden.

21 Nov 1941:          SOA, AHQ West Africa.

xx Nov 1942:          Officer Commanding, No 298 Wing. 

xx xxx 1943:           Officer Commanding, RAF Breighton.

xx xxx 1946:            Served in Iraq.

26 Jun 1947:            SASO, AHQ Iraq.

xx xxx 1948:            Officer Commanding, RAF Swinderby

 1 Jun 1949:            Director of Flying Training.

 4 May 1951:           AOC, Rhodesian Air Training Group.

11 Feb 1953:           AOC, No 25 (Training) Group.

xx Oct 1954:            AOC, AHQ Iraq.

23 Apr 1956:           AOC, No 25 (Training) Group.

On being posted to command RAF Breighton, he had no experience of bomber operations but was determined to remedy this, flying as second pilot in various crews, thereby completed a full tour of operations for which he received the DFC.

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