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Air Commodore A Pyke (26245)


Alan              b:    5 Sep 1911                     r:   5 Jul 1961            d: 11 Mar 1977

CB - 31 Jan 1960, OBE - 1 Jan 1951, FIMechE, AFRAeS

Plt Off: 19 Dec 1931, Fg Off: 19 Jun 1933, Flt Lt: 19 Jun 1936, Sqn Ldr: 1 Feb 1939, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, Act Gp Capt: 1 Jun 1944?, Wg Cdr (WS): 1 Dec 1944, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1947 [1 Oct 1946],Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1951, Act A/Cdre: 14 Apr 1958, A/Cdre: Retained.

xx xxx 1930:                       Flight Cadet, 'C' Sqn, RAF Cranwell

19 Dec 1931:                     Granted Permanent Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer.

19 Dec 1931:                     Pilot, No 16 Sqn.

18 Oct 1932:                      Pilot, No 20 Sqn (Wapiti - Peshawar)

20 Apr 1935:                     Supernumerary, RAF Depot

23 Sep 1935:                      Attended Officers' Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot

16 Feb 1938:                      Engineer duties, Home Aircraft Depot

13 Jun 1938:                       Flight Commander/Deputy OC, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Farnborough)

xx xxx xxxx:                        Transferred to the Technical Branch

xx xxx 194?                        (Senior) Technical Staff Officer, No 71 Base

18 Jun 1945                        (Senior) Technical Staff Officer, No 216 Group

29 Jul 1946:                        Maintenance Staff Officer, HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East

17 Mar 1948:                      Staff Officer, Directorate of Technical Policy

 5 Nov 1951:                      Senior Technical Staff Officer, No 1 Group

19 Jan 1954:                       Command Engineer Officer, HQ Far East Air Force

xx May 1957:                      Officer Commanding, Central Servicing and Development Establishment

31 Mar 1958:                     Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ Coastal Command.

He entered the RAF College in 1930, was a member of 'C' Sqn and attained the rank of Flt Cdt Cpl.

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