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Air Commodore T C Dickens (16243)
Thomas
Charles
b: 11 Mar 1906
r: 6
Dec 1956
d: 11 Jan 1972
CB
– 9 Jun 1955, CBE - 1 Jan 1946, MiD – 1 Jan 1945.
Plt
Off: 11 Dec
1926, Fg Off: 11 Jun 1928,
Flt Lt: 1 Nov
1931, Sqn Ldr: 1 Apr 1937,
(T) Wg Cdr: 1
Mar 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jun 1942,
Wg Cdr: 20
Nov 1942 [1 Apr 1942], Gp Capt: 1 Oct 1946, Act
A/Cdre: 28
Dec 1950, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1951.
xx xxx 1925: Flight Cadet, 'B' Sqn, RAF College
11Dec
1926: Appointed
to a Permanent Commisssion
11
Dec 1926:
Pilot, No 9 Sqn.
5
Apr 1928:
QFI, No 1 FTS.
9
Mar 1931:
Placed on half pay list, scale B
5
Aug 1931:
Aircraft Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot.
10
Oct 1933:
Engineering Officer, RAF Depot, Egypt.
16
Nov 1936:
Pilot, No 45 Sqn.
21
Apr 1937:
Air Staff, HQ RAF Middle East.
29
Dec 1937:
Personnel Staff, HQ Coastal Command.
28
Jan 1938:
Attended RAF Staff College.
xx
xxx 1939:
xx
Mar 1940:
Officer Commanding, No 103 Sqn. (Battle/Wellington)
xx
Nov 1940:
xx
xxx xxxx:
Officer Commanding, No 150 Sqn.
xx
xxx 1942:
Chief Engineer, Eastern Air Command, RCAF.
8
Aug 1945:
Officer Commanding, RAF Digby.
xx
xxx 1946:
Directing Staff, Officer's Advanced Training School.
xx
xxx 1948:
SASO, No 1 (Bomber) Group.
xx
xxx 1950:
Attended Air War College, USA.
28
Dec 1950:
Assistant AOA, HQ Fighter Command.
xx
Jan 1952:
Attended Imperial Defence College.
12
Dec 1952:
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations
and Training), HQ Allied Air Forces Central Europe.
22
Dec 1952:
Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics), HQ Allied Air Forces Central
Europe.
He represented the RAF College at Rugby and attained
the rank of Flight Cadet Corporal.
As CO of No 150 Squadron, he led the first raids to
be carried out from the newly completed airfield at Newton.
Following retirement he became General-Manager of
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (1956 - 1961) and later joined the Aero
Engine Division of Rolls Royce at Derby (1962 - 71).
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L W Dickens
