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Air Commodore C E S Lockett (32108)


C E S Lockett - 1930Charles Edward Stuart            b: 15 Apr 1910                     r: 10 May 1959                    d: 20 Aug 1966

CB – 13 Jun 1959, MiD - 31 Jan 1947.

Plt Off (P): 9 Oct 1931, Plt Off: 9 Oct 1932, Fg Off: 9 May 1933, Flt Lt: 9 May 1936, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1946 [1 Mar 1941], (T) Gp Capt: 11 Feb 1947 [1 Jul 1944], Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1955.

29 Oct 1931            U/T Pilot, No 3 FTS.

18 Sep 1932:           Pilot, No 2 Sqn.

27 May 1933:          Pilot, No 28 Sqn.

24 Mar 1935:           Pilot/Flight Commander, No 5 Sqn.

 1 Apr 1937:            'B' Flight Commander, No 15 Sqn.

 3 Aug 1938:            Air Staff, HQ No 1 (Bomber) Group.

7 Dec 1938:             Officer Commanding, No 226 Sqn.

xx Mar 1939:           Flight Commander, No 226 Sqn (OC post raised to Wg Cdr status?)

 1 May 1940:           Officer Commanding, No 226 Sqn

14 May 1940:          Prisoner of War. (Stalag XIIA)

25 Jun 1940:           Stalag Luft (Oberursel) 

 6 Apr 1941:            Kreigsgefangenenlager Luftwaffe. Gr II

8 Aug 1941:             Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt. (Lodz) Poland

18 Sep 1941:           Stalag Luft II

8 Oct 1941:             Oflag 4C - Colditz

xx xxx xxxx:             Staff, RAF Wymeswold

14 Jan 1946:            Supernumerary, RAF Pocklington

15 Jan 1946:            Officer Commanding, RAF Pocklington

 9 May 1946:           Officer Commanding, RAF Full Sutton

xx Dec 1946:           Officer Commanding, RAF Abingdon

 9 Jan 1948:             Group Captain - Organisation, HQ Transport Command.

30 Nov 1949:          Air Attaché, Warsaw.

xx xxx 1954:            Operational Flying Course, RAF Flying College.

xx Mar 1954:          Officer Commanding, Central Gunnery School, RAF Leconfield.

 1 Oct 1955:            Air Attaché, Paris.

He was on the same course at No 3 FTS as Jeffrey Quill, later to became the Supermarine chief test pilot who flew the prototype Spitfire in 1936.  He was shot down during a raid on Sedan flying Battle, P2267 and taken prisoner.  Unfortunately, his crew who were both killed, have no known graves.  He made a number of escape attempts and at one point made it aboard a Sweden ship but the crew forced the captain to him back to the Germans.

Retiring from the RAF he became a ship owner in Jersey, becoming a Lloyd's Agent in 1961 and German Consul for Jersey and Guernsey in 1966.  He was killed off Alderney in a flying accident.

This page was last updated on 20/12/23

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