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Air Vice-Marshal E D Davis (03210)
Edward Derek b: 18 Oct 1895 r: 6 Feb 1946 d: xx xxx 1955
CB – 1 Jan 1945, OBE – 8 Jun 1939,
(RNAS): - Flt Sub-t: xx xxx xxxx, Lt: xx xxx xxxx,
(RAF): - (H) Capt [Lt]: 1 Apr 1918, Fg Off: 1 Aug 1919, Flt Lt: 1 Jan 1922, Sqn Ldr: 8 Jan 1930, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1936, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1940, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Jun 1941, Act AVM: 27 Jan 1942, Gp Capt: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Jan 1940], (T) AVM: 1 Feb 1945, AVM: Retained.
xx xxx 1914: Driver-Machine Gunner , RN Armoured Car Div
xx xxx 1916: Pilot, RNAS
1 Aug 1919: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Lieutenant (Aeroplane and Seaplane Branch)
21 Dec 1919: Pilot, No 267 Sqn.
7 Jun 1922: Air Staff, HMS Argus.
xx xxx 1924: Attended Armament and Gunnery School.
15 Feb 1925: Staff/Instructor?, Armament and Gunnery School.
1 Apr 1927: Armament Officer, Practice Camp, Weston Zoyland.
xx xxx xxxx: ?
4 Apr 1928: Armament Officer, Practice Camp, Weston Zoyland.
xx Jan 1929: Attended RAF Staff College
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
18 Jan 1930: Air Staff (Operations), HQ Iraq Command.
xx xxx xxxx: Air Staff (Training), HQ Iraq Command.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
4 Jan 1932: Armament Officer, Air Armament School.
1 Feb 1934: Armament Staff Officer, Armament Group.
14 Jan 1935: Chief Armament Experimental Officer, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment.
29 Oct 1936: Assistant Director (Armament), Joint Directorate of Scientific Research and Development.
28 Sep 1939: Assistant Director Armament (Guns).
20 Jan 1940: Command Armament Officer, HQ Bomber Command
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch.
xx xxx 1941: Vice President, Ordnance Board
27 Jan 1942: AOC, No 25 (Armament) Group
Prior to WW1 he may have been a Boy Clerk in the Civil Service (1911) and later an Assistant Clerk (Abstractor) in the Home Office (1913). On retirement from the RAF he took up a special appointment at the Ministry of Supply from 1947 to 1955.
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