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Air Commodore J J Murphy (29173)


John Joseph                  b: 26 Oct 1906                      r: 21Aug 1961                             d: 10 Oct 2002

OBE – 9 Jun 1949, M I Mech E.

(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, Act Gp Capt: 1 Apr 1942, Wg Cdr (WS): 1 Oct 1942, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1949, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1958.

10 Oct 1930:                Appointed a Short Service Commission.

25 Oct 1930:                U/T Pilot, No 3 FTS

24 Sep 1931:               Pilot, No 2 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:                Engineer duties, No 3 Apprentices Wing, No 1 School of Technical Training

26 Jan 1938:                Engineer duties,

24 Apr 1940:               Transferred to the Technical Branch.

19 Sep 1944:                Engineer Officer, HQ Transport Command

26 Jan 1949:                 Group Captain - Training, HQ Technical Training Command

 4 Aug 1954:                Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ No 2 Group.

29 Apr 1957:                Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ Maintenance Command

He was awarded his OBE for his services during the Berlin Airlift.

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