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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Noel
Challis
b: 20 Nov 1910
r: 20 Nov 1962
d: 12 Sep 1987
CBE – 1 Jun 1953, MiD - 31 Jan 1947, LoM (O) - 12 Dec 1950.
Plt
Off (P): 13
Sep 1929, Plt Off: 13 Sep 1930,
Fg Off: 13 Mar 1931, Flt Lt: 13
Mar 1935, Sqn Ldr: 1 Aug 1938,
Act
Wg Cdr:
16 Nov 1940 [1 Nov 1940],
(T) Wg Cdr:
1 Dec 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1946 [1 Jul 1943] – 1 Nov 1947, Wg
Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1948, Act
A/Cdre: 21 Sep 1953?, A/Cdre: 1
Jul 1954.
Photo - Crown Copyright©
28
Sep 1929: U/T Pilot, No 5 FTS.
?
9
Sep 1930: Pilot, No 26
Sqn.
4 Mar 1932: Pilot, No 208 Sqn.
1 Jun 1935: Officer Commanding, 'C' Flight, No 208 Sqn
14
Nov 1935: Staff, RAF Depot, Middle
East.
15
Sep 1936: Staff, HQ British
Forces in Palestine and Transjordan.
19
May 1937: Test pilot, A. & A.E.E.
1 Nov 1940: Officer Commanding,
No 207 Sqn
8
Apr 1941: Prisoner of
war (Stalag Luft III)
1
Nov 1947: ?
xx xxx 1949: Air Staff, HQ, No 46 Group
5
Sep 1949: Group Captain -
Intelligence, HQ British Air Forces of Occupation.
1
Sep 1951: Group Captain -
Intelligence, HQ 2nd Tactical Air Force.
xx
Dec 1951: Officer Commanding,
RAF Binbrook.
21
Sep 1953: Director of
Operations (2).
15
Jan 1956: AOC/Commandant,
Central Flying School.
30
May 1958: Air Force Member Armed
Forces Council, Malaya.
30
Oct 1960: Commandant, RAF Staff
College, Andover.
On
the night of 7/8 April 1941, he was flying Manchester L7302 on a mission to
Kiel, when the starboard engine was hit by flak, catching fire.
All the crew managed to abandon the aircraft, which crashed near Hamburg
and were taken prisoner,
This page was last updated on 25/01/24
W H Hutton
