Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Vice-Marshal A D Cunningham
Alexander
Duncan
b: 18 Jul 1888
r: 19 Jul 1938
d: 3
Feb 1981
CB
- 24 Sep 1941, CBE - 10 Oct 1919
(OBE - 3 Jun
1919),
MiD -
11 Jul 1940, MiD -
17 Mar 1941.
(RN):
- Mid’n: 15
Oct 1904, Act Sub-Lt:
15 Dec 1907, Sub-Lt:
17 Sep 1908 [15 Dec 1907], Lt:
30 Jun 1910, Flt Lt: 1
Jul 1914, Act Flt Cdr: 21 Oct 1914,
Flt Cdr: 7 May 1915, Sqn
Cdr: 30 Jun 1916, Wg Cdr:
31 Dec
1917, Lt-Cdr: 30 Jun 1918.
(RAF): - (T) Lt Col [Maj]: 1 Apr 1918, Act Col: xx xxx 1918, Wg Cdr: 1 Aug 1919, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1929, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1933, Act AVM: 20 Apr - 1 Aug 1940, AVM: Retained.
(RAFO Class CC): - Gp Capt: 30 Aug 1939, (H) A/Cdre: 30 Aug 1939
15 May 1903: Attended HMS Britannia
15 Sep 1904: Midshipman, HMS Crescent
1 Jun 1907: Midshipman, HMS Victory
16 Jul 1907: Midshipman/Officer, HMS Dominion
7 Jul 1908: Lent to TB107 for manoeuvres.
25 Sep 1908: Attached, HMS Russell
22 Mar 1910: Officer, HMS Hussar I
15 Jul 1913: Lent to HMS Grafton for manoeuvres.
17 Sep 1913: Attached HMS Blenheim for HMS Grasshopper? (India)
28 Mar 1914: Attached to HMS Black Prince for voyage home.
11 May 1914: U/T Pilot (Airship), Farnborough NAS.
4 Aug 1914: Pilot, Airship No 4, Farnborough
21 Oct 1914: Officer Commanding, Airship No 4, Farnborough.
7 May 1915: Officer Commanding, Capel Airship Station
1915 Officer Commanding, Folkestone Airship Station
xx Sep 1916: Officer Commanding, Capel-le-Ferne Airship Station
2 Jan 1917: Staff of Wg Cdr Masterman, Barrow-in-Furness Airship Station for duty at Selby
17 Oct 1917: Officer, Airship N25, Howden Airship Station.
28
Jan 1918
1919 Deputy
Director of Airships?
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission in rank of Wing Commander. (gazetted 26 Sep 1919)
3
Nov 1919:
Deputy Officer Commanding?, RAF Airship Base, Howden.
22
Jan
1920: Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded Permanent Commission in RAF
xx
Jun 1920: Staff, Directorate of Equipment.
14 Nov 1921: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
19
Jan 1922: Personnel Staff, HQ Iraq Command.
17
Feb 1924:
28
Jul 1924: Head
of P.3, Directorate of Personal Services.
1 Jul 1928:
25
Sep 1928: Officer Commanding, No 5 FTS.
xx
xxx 1930:
19
Dec 1930: Officer Commanding, No 4 FTS.
2
Sep 1932: SASO, HQ Iraq Command.
20
Nov 1934: SASO, HQ ADGB.
14
Jul 1936: SASO, HQ Fighter Command.
xx xxx 1938: Air Staff, HQ Fighter Command (ret'd)
2 Nov 1939: Relinquished his commission (Gp Capt) in Class CC of the RAFO.
2 Nov 1939: Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Fighter Command (recalled to service)
18 Apr 1940: SASO, HQ Fighter Command
27 Jan 1942: Deputy SASO, HQ Fighter Command
He entered HMS Britannia after leaving Stubbington House./In June 1916 he designed and directed the building of the Type 'Zero' Airship at Capel in Norfolk. Retired at his own request.
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