Text links are shown below
- Home Page -
- About this site -
- Quick Menu -
- Main Menu -
- Members' Area -
- What's New -
- Help Needed -
- Online Store -
- Reunions -
- Contact Me -
- Sign Guest Book -
- View Guest Book -
- Glossary -
- Bibliography -
Air Commodore W H Husbands (29169)
William Herbert b: xx xxx xxxx r: 1 Jan 1957 d: xx xxx xxxx
OBE – 1 Jan 1943, MiD – 11 Jun 1942, MiD – 8 Jun 1944,
(RAF): - Plt Off (P): 10 Oct 1930, Plt Off: 10 Oct 1931, Fg Off: 10 Apr 1932, Flt Lt: 1 Apr 1936, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1944 – 1 Nov 1947, Wg Cdr (WS): 1 Jan 1945, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1949, A/Cdre: ?x xxx xxxx.
10 Oct 1930: Appointed to a Short Service Commission.
25 Oct 1930: U/T Pilot, No 3 Flying Training School.
26 Sep 1931: Pilot, No 41 Sqn.
8 Aug 1934: Attended Officers’ Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot.
7 Jul 1936: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
8 Aug 1936: Engineering Officer, Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment.
20 Mar 1939: Engineering Officer, No 6 School of Technical Training
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch.
9 Oct 1940: Engineering Officer, HQ RAF Middle East.
17 Jun 1941: Senior Engineering Officer, HQ No 206 Group
15 Dec 1942: Senior Engineering Officer, HQ No 216 Group
23 Jun 1944: Staff Officer, Directorate-General of Servicing and Maintenance
xx xxx 1947: Officer Commanding, RAF Henlow
xx xxx 1948:
5 May 1952: Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ No 2 Group.
Retired on account of medical unfitness for air force service (shown as Group Captain)
This page was last updated on 14/05/13 using FrontPage XP©
