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Air Vice-Marshal N C S Rutter (26212)
Norman Colpoy Simpson
b: xx xxx 1909 r: 25 Jul 1965 d: xx xxx 1998
CBE – 1 Jan 1945, M I Mech E, FRAeS (AFRAeS).
(RAF): - Plt Off: 25 Jul 1931, Fg Off: 25 Jan 1933, Flt Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, Act Gp Capt: 9 Dec 1942, Wg Cdr (WS): 9 Jun 1943, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1944 – 1 Nov 1947, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1948, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1957, Act AVM: 1 Aug 1961, Act AVM (paid): 21 Aug 1961, AVM: Retained?
xx Sep 1926: Aircraft Apprentice, 14th Entry, No 1 School of Technical Training.
xx xxx 1929: Flight Cadet, ‘B’ Sqn, RAF College, Cranwell
25 Jul 1931: Appointed to a Permanent Commission.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
23 Feb 1932: Pilot, No 39 Sqn.
1 Apr 1934: Pilot, No 60 Sqn.
8 Mar 1935: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
23 Sep 1935: Attended Officers’ Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot/RAF School of Aeronautical Engineering.
31 Jan 1938: Staff, No 1 (General Engineering) Wing, Home Aircraft Depot.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
1 Aug 1938: Engineering Officer, No 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit.
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch
xx xxx xxxx: Attended RAF Staff College
xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding, RAF Mingaladon
9 Dec 1942: ? Gp Capt
xx xxx 1945: Senior Engineer Staff Officer, HQ No 47 Group
xx xxx 1947: Deputy Director of Technical Policy.
xx xxx xxxx: Attended Joint Services Staff College.
xx xxx xxxx: Attended Imperial Defence College
xx xxx 1959: AOC and Commandant, RAF Technical College, Henlow
21 Aug 1961: Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ Bomber Command
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