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Air Commodore K C Buss

Kenneth Caron            b: 3 Nov 1887            r: 3 Nov 1940 [21 Jan 1946]            d: xx Jan 1961

OBE - 3 Jun 1929, MiD - 11 Jun 1942.

(RNAS): (T) (P) Flt Sub-Lt: 15 Jul 1915, (T) Flt Sub-Lt: 15 Jun 1916 [15 Jul 1915], Act Flt Lt: xx xxx xxxx, (T) Flt Lt: 31 Dec 1916, Flt Cdr: 30 Jun 1917, Sqn Cdr: 31 Dec 1917.

(RAF):- (T) Maj: 1 Apr 1918, Sqn Ldr:: 1 Aug 1919, [1 Apr 1918] Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1928, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1934, Act A/Cdre (unpd): 1 Aug 1939, (T) A/Cdre: xx xxx xxxx, A/Cdre: Retained.

1915                        Attended RNAS Engineering Course.

1916                       Pilot, RNAS Chingford.

xx xxx xxxx:             0/100 Pilot RNAS, Coudekerque.

xx xxx 1918:            Officer Commanding, RNAS Torquay.

 1 Aug 1919:            Awarded Permanent Commission as a Major

xx Oct 1919:            Officer Commanding, No 269 Sqn.

10 Jan 1920:            Staff, Inspector of Recruiting.

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16 Dec 1920:           Officer Commanding, No 47 Sqn.

13 Oct 1921:            Awaiting disposal, HQ RAF Iraq.

 1 Feb 1922:            Air Staff - Intelligence, HQ Iraq Command.

27 Nov 1925:           Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

12 Nov 1926:           Air Staff - Intelligence, HQ Iraq Command.

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15 Feb 1931:            Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

12 Mar 1931:           Officer Commanding, Practice Camp, Sutton Bridge.

26 Nov 1931:           Attended ? Course, Central Flying School.

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 4 Mar 1932:            SESO?, HQ RAF Middle East.

xx Jun 1933:            Passed Examination as Interpreter (French), 2nd Class 

4 Feb 1935:            Officer Commanding, No 4 FTS.

27 Sep 1935:            Air Staff, HQ RAF Middle East.

15 Sep 1936:            GSO 1st Grade, Combined HQ, British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.

26 Jul 1937:              Deputy Director of Intelligence.

22 Dec 1938:            Director of Intelligence.

18 Feb 1940:            Deputy Director of  Repair and Servicing (2).

 3 Nov 1943:            Retired and re-employed.

10 May 1941:           Air Staff, HQ RAF in Palestine and Trans-Jordan. 

 1 Aug 1943:             Director of Intelligence (Security).

He gained RAeC Certificate No 2258 on 9 January 1916.  He became a acknowledged expert on the Middle East, being able to speak and write Arabic fluently.  After WW2, he became Deputy Head of the Foreign Office Research Department.