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Air Commodore P King (4151279)


Patrick                         b:  3 Apr 1935                        r:  27 May 1988            d:  8 Nov 2015

CBE – 11 Oct 1982 (OBE – 1 Jan 1975), FBIM.

Act Plt Off:  27 Oct 1954, Plt Off:  27 Oct 1955, Fg Off:  2 Oct 1956, Flt Lt:  27 Apr 1960, Sqn Ldr:  1 Jul 1966, Wg Cdr:  1 Jan 1974, Gp Capt:  1 Jan 1979, Act A/Cdre:  22 Dec 1984, A/Cdre:  1 Jul 1985.

 1 Oct 1957:              Appointed to a Permanent Commission (General List) in the rank of Flying Officer

xx xxx xxxx:               Basic Flying Training, No ? FTS

xx xxx xxxx:               Advanced Flying Training, No ? FTS

xx xxx xxxx:               Operational Conversion Course, No ? OCU/Sqn

xx Jul 1956:               Pilot, No 118 Sqn

xx Oct 1957:             Pilot, No 93 Sqn

 3 Nov 1959:            Pilot, No 79 Sqn

12 - 26 Mar 1960:                Attended Winter Survival School, Bad Kohlgrub

27 Aug - 10 Sep 1960:        Attended Expedition Training Course

xx xxx xxxx:               Flight Commander, No ? Sqn

xx xxx xxxx:               Attended RAF Staff College.

xx xxx xxxx:               Officer Commanding, No ? Sqn

xx xxx xxxx:               Officer Commanding, RAF Wittering

14 Mar 1983:            Officer Commanding, RAF Stanley.

30 Sep 1983:             Group Captain - Offensive, Central Tactics and Trials Organisation.

22 Dec 1984:             Inspector of RAF Flight Safety.

xx xxx xxxx – 4 Feb 1988:     ADC to the Queen.

After retiring from the RAF he became Chief Executive Officer to the Royal Flight Abu Dhabi.

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