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Air Vice-Marshal W L Freebody (16222)

Wilfred Leslie          

b: xx xxx 1906                    

r: 26 Apr 1960                               

d: xx xxx 1991

CB – 1 Jan 1951, CBE – 1 Jan 1943, AFC - xx xxx xxxx, MiD – 17 Mar 1941, MiD – 11 Jun 1942, MiD – 1 Jan 1945, MiD – xx xxx xxxx, PR3 – 12 Jun 1945

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(RAF): - Plt Off: 30 Jul 1926, Fg Off: 30 Jan 1938, Flt Lt: 1 Jun 1932, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1942, Act A/Cdre: 27 May 1943, Gp Capt (WS): 27 Nov 1943, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1949, Act AVM: 1 Jan 1956, AVM: 1 Jul 1957.

Flt Cdt Sgt W L Freebody (back row - centre) Photo ^© RAF College Cranwell

xx xxx xxxx:                  Aircraft Apprentice, 11^th Entry, RAF Cranwell

xx xxx 1924:                 Flight Cadet, ‘A’ Sqn, RAF College, Cranwell.

30 Jul 1926:                 Appointed to a Permanent Commission

30 Jul 1926:                 Pilot, No 11 Sqn.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Pilotage Officer, No 11 Sqn.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Supernumerary?

26 Apr 1930:               Staff, Home Aircraft Depot.

 5 Aug 1930:                Attended Officers Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot.

 5 Aug 1932:                Engineering Officer, Central Trade and Test Board, Reception Depot.

11 Sep 1934:               Flight Commander, No 111 Sqn.

27 Sep 1935:               Flight Commander, No 803 Sqn.

 9 Mar 1937:                Officer Commanding, No 114 Sqn.

25 Jun 1939:                Senior Engineering Officer, HQ No 12 Group

24 Apr 1940:               Transferred to the Technical Branch.

15 Dec 1940:               Senior Engineering Officer, HQ No 11 Group.

16 Jun 1942:                Command Engineer Officer, HQ Fighter Command.

15 Nov 1943:               Command Engineer Officer, Allied Expeditionary Air Force.

 1 Feb 1945:                AOC, No 226 Group

14 Feb 1949:               Director of Technical Policy

1 Jan 1956:                  Director-General of Work Study

At Cranwell he attained the rank of Flight Cadet Sergeant, represnted the college at Fencing and Skill at Arms and was awarded the Abby Gerrard Fellows Memorial Prize and Humanistics Prize.

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