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Air Commodore C C McMullen
(32118)
Colin
Campbell
b: 22 Aug 1908
d: 17 Feb 1954
CBE
– 1 Jan 1946, AFC – 1 Jan 1943,
MiD
– 11 Jul 1940, MiD – 1 Jan 1945.
Plt Off (P): 17Nov 1931, Plt Off: 17 Nov 1932, Fg Off: 17 May 1933, Flt Lt: 17 May 1936, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1944, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1954.
17
Nov 1931:
Granted a Short Service Commission.
3 Jul 1933: Attended Flying Boat Pilots’? Course, RAF Base Gosport
4 Dec 1934: Pilot, No 201 Sqn.
29 Apr 1935: Attended Electrical and Wireless School.
17 Nov 1936: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant
29 Apr 1937: Signals Officer, SHQ RAF Biggin Hill
xx xxx 1939: Officer Commanding, No 79 Sqn.
xx Feb 1940: Air Staff, HQ Fighter Command
xx May 1940: Test Pilot, Experimental Section, RAE.
xx May 1941: Member, British Air Mission to Washington.
xx Dec 1941: Officer Commanding, No 109 Sqn.
xx xxx 1943: Wing Commander - Signals, HQ No 11 Group.
xx xxx xxxx: Air Staff, HQ No 81 Group
xx xxx xxxx: Air Staff, HQ No 5 Group
29 Jan 1947: Air Attache, Bangkok.
xx xxx xxxx: Directing Staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich
xx xxx xxxx: Air Staff, HQ Coastal Command.
xx Jan 1953: Attended Imperial Defence College.
xx Jan 1954 AOC, No 81 Group
Born in Australia, he attended Sydney University after which he travelled to the UK and joined the RAF on a Shot Service Commission. He died just over two weeks after taking command of No 81 Group, when he collapsed in his staff car at Hungerford.
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