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Air Vice-Marshal P C Cleaver (76375)
Peter Charles b: 6 Jul 1919 r: 6 Apr 1972 d: xx xxx 1999
CB – 12 Jun 1971, OBE – 1 Jan 1945, MSc, A M I Mech E, AFRAeS, DCAe.
(RAFVR): - Plt Off (P): 20 Nov 1939, Fg Off: 20 Nov 1940, (T) Flt Lt: 1 Sep 1942, Act Sqn Ldr: 3 Jan 1944, Flt Lt (WS): 3 Jul 1944, Act Wg Cdr: 10 Jul 1944, Sqn Ldr (WS): 10 Jan 1945,
(RAF): - Flt Lt: 1 Jul 1946 [1 Sep 1945], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jul 1950, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1955, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1959, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1964, Act AVM: 24 Mar 1969, AVM: 1 Jul 1969.
20 Nov 1939: Appointed to a Commission for the duration of hostilities in the RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
1939-1945 Served in UK, Middle East and North Africa
24 Jun 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch
xx xxx 1945 Attended RAF Staff College, Haifa
25 Feb 1946: Engineer Staff Officer, HQ Flying Training Command
12 Sep 1946: Appointed to an Extended Service Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
27 May 1947: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (wef 1 Jul 1946 with seniority 1 Sep 1945)
9 Oct 1947: Assistant Air Attache, Bucharest.
xx xxx 1949: Engineer Officer, RAF Cranwell
xx xxx 1950: Attended College of Aeronautics, Cranfield
xx xxx 1952: Structural Research, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
xx xxx 1955: Staff Officer, Ministry of Supply
xx Nov 1957: Command Engineer Officer, HQ, Far East Air Force
25 Apr 1960: Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ No 41 Group.
xx xxx 1961: Staff Officer, HQ Maintenance Command
17 Sep 1962: Officer Commanding, Central Servicing and Development Establishment/RAF Swanson Morley
xx xxx 1964: AO i/c Engineering, HQ Flying Training Command.
xx Jan 1966: Attended Imperial Defence College
xx xxx 1967: Air Officer Engineering, HQ Far East Air Force
24 Mar 1969: Air Officer Engineering, HQ Air Support Command
He joined the firm of Sir William Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd at Coventry in 1935 as an apprentice and joined the RAF in 1939. Following retirement at his own request, he became Secretary at Cranfield Institute of Technology from 1973 to 1978.
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