Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Air Commodore J A S Outhwaite (24192)

John Arthur Stephen            b:   29 Feb 1908                     r:   29 Aug 1955                d:  19 Jun 1968

OBE - 1 Jan 1943, MiD - 1 Jan 1941, MiD - 1 Jan 1945

Plt Off (P):  13 Dec 1927 [9 Dec 1927], Plt Off:  9 Dec 1928, Fg Off:  13 Jun 1929 [9 Jun 1929], Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1933, Sqn Ldr:  1 Dec 1937, (T) Wg Cdr:  1 Sep 1940, (T) Gp Capt:  1 Jul 1943, Wg Cdr:  1 Dec 1943, Gp Capt:  1 Jul 1947, Act A/Cdre: 23 Apr 1951, A/Cdre: retained

13 Dec 1927:             Appointed to a Short Service Commission in the General Duties Branch

 6 Jan 1928:               U/T Pilot, No 4 FTS

 3 Jan 1929:               Pilot, No 84 Sqn

 7 Mar 1931:              Supernumerary, RAF Depot

19 Aug 1931:             Attended Officers' Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot

 1 Sep 1932:              Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flying Officer

 9 Aug 1933:               Supernumerary - Engineer Duties, No 1 School of Technical Training

19 Feb 1934:              Engineer duties, Air Armament School

 3 Mar1936:               Engineer Officer, HQ No 23 Group

10 Jul 1936:                Engineer Officer, HQ Training Command

24 Apr 1940:              Transferred to the Technical Branch

27 May 1940:             Engineer Staff Officer, HQ Flying Training Command

17 May 1943:             Deputy Engineer Officer, HQ Bomber Command

 9 Jul 1945:                Officer Commanding, No 382 MU

xx xxx xxxx:                ?

23 Apr 1951:              Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ Bomber Command

Citation for the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire

OUTHWAITE, John Arthur Stephen, W/C (24192, Royal Air Force) - Headquarters, Flying Training Command - awarded as per London Gazette dated 1 January 1943.

"This officer is on the ground engineer staff and for the past six years has rendered service of high merit.  His zeal and diligence, combined with all the attributes of a good staff officer, have resulted in a valuable contribution to the results achieved by the maintenance organization of the Command.  He has put forth untiring efforts from which successful results have been obtained."

(Source - Air 2/8871)

This page was last updated on 11/12/22

W E Oulton                                        [Top of Page]                             R D Oxland