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Air Marshal Sir Cyril Cooke

Cyril Bertram                b: 28 Jun 1895                         r: 12 Nov 1949                         d: 27 Sep 1972

KCB - 12 Jun 1947 (CB – 5 Jul 1945), CBE - 1 Jan 1941, MiD - 22 Jan 1919, MiD - 11 Jun 1942.

(Army): - (T) 2Lt: 5 Oct 1914. (T) Lt: 1 Sep 1916, (T) Capt: 27 Sep 1916,

(RAF): - Capt: 1 Apr 1918, (T) Maj:  20 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1924, Wg Cdr: 26 Nov 1935, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1939, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx 1940, A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1944, Act AVM: 6 Dec 1944, (T) AVM: 1 Jan 1946, AVM: 1 Jan 1946, Act AM: 9 Apr 1947, AM: 1 Jul 1947.

Photo - Royal Aero Club

xx xxx xxxx:              Cadet, Officer Training Corps.

 5 Oct 1914:               Officer, Royal Artillery.

15 Jul 1915:                 U/T Pilot, No 5 Reserve Sqn RFC.

10 Aug 1915                U/T Pilot, No 17 Sqn RFC.

 9 Sep 1915:                Appointed Flying Officer, RFC.

21 Sep 1915:               Pilot, No 24 Sqn RFC.

27 Sep 1916:               Flight Commander, No 24? Sqn RFC.

xx May 1917:               Flight Commander, 37 Sqn RFC

xx Aug 1917:               Flight Commander, 61 Sqn RFC

xx Oct 1917:               Flight Commander, 75 Sqn RFC

20 Apr 1918:               Officer Commanding, No 188 Sqn/RAF Retford

1 Aug 1919:                Awarded Permanent Commission as a Captain

31 Oct 1919:               Staff Pilot, Inland Area Aircraft Depot

 7 Mar 1922:                Staff, Aircraft Depot, India.

12 Dec 1923:               Flight Commander, No 60 Sqn.

25 Jan 1924:                Officer Commanding, No 20 Sqn.

22 Oct 1925:               Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

xx xxx xxxx:                 Attended Specialist Engineering Officers Course, Henlow

29 Nov 1927:              Flight Commander, No 503 Sqn.

25 Mar 1929:              RAF Practice Camp, Sutton Bridge

 1 Nov 1929:               Officer Commanding, Night Flying Flight.

24 Oct 1931:               Engineering Officer, Aircraft Depot, Iraq

22 Feb 1934:               Staff, No 2 (Apprentice) Wing, No 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton 

26 Nov 1935:              Officer Commanding?, No 2 (Apprentice) Wing, No 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton 

10 Jul 1936:                 Senior Engineering Officer, No 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton

14 Mar 1939:               Officer Commanding, No 6 School of Technical Training, RAF Hednesford.

24 Apr 1940:               Transferred to Technical Branch

17 Feb 1941:               Chief Maintenance Officer, HQ RAF Middle East.

17 Jun 1941:                AOC, No 206 (Maintenance) Group.

Jul - Aug 1942:            Senior Officer on HMT Queen Elizabeth in transit from Egypt to UK

xx Dec 1942:               AOC, No 4 School of Technical Training, RAF St Athan

 1 Jun 1944:                 Director of Technical Training.

 6 Dec 1944:                Director of Maintenance and Supply, Rear HQ, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces

xx Jun 1945:                 AOC, No 43 Group.

xx Mar 1946:                 Director-General of Servicing and Maintenance.

 9 Apr 1947:                 AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command.

He gained RAeC Certificate No 1516 on 6 August 1915.   He took part in operations against the Sultan Dinar of Darfur, under Lt. Col. Kelly from March to May 1916.

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