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Air Vice Marshal H V Satterly (05173)

Harold Vivian               b: 24 May 1907              r: 29 Apr 1959                     d: 28 Apr 1982

CB - 1 Jan 1949, CBE - 1 Jan 1944, DFC - 21 Nov 1941, MiD - 2 Jun 1943, MiD – 1 Jan 1946.

Plt Off (P): 19 May 1930, Plt Off: 19 May 1931, Fg Off: 19 Nov 1931, Flt Lt: 19 Nov 1935, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1938, Act Wg Cdr: xx xxx xxxx, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Dec 1940, Act Gp Capt: xx xxx xxxx, Act A/Cdre: 27 Apr 1943?, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1943, Gp Capt (WS): 27 Oct 1943, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1948, Act AVM: 9 Apr - 15 Oct 1945, AVM: 1 Jul 1952.

xx xxx xxxx:           Aircraft Apprentice, No 1 SoTT, RAF Halton.(

xx xxx xxxx:           Airman (363737)

xx xxx 1928:           U/T Pilot, ?. (NCO)

xx xxx xxxx:           Pilot, No ? Sqn. (NCO)

19 May 1930:        Pilot, No 99 Sqn.

xx xxx xxxx - 16 Apr 1932:    Attended Instructors' Course, CFS (graded B)

17 Apr 1932:         QFI, No 2 FTS.

 1 Oct 1932:          QFI, Advanced Sqn, No 2 FTS.

 1 Sep 1933:          QFI, RAF (Cadet) College.

30 Apr 1935:         Staff, RAF Biggin Hill.

 1 Oct 1935:          QFI, No 11 FTS.

19 Nov 1937:        Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

24 Jan 1938:          Attended RAF Staff College.

31 Dec 1938:         Air Staff, Directorate of Staff Duties.

xx xxx xxxx:           Air Staff, Directorate of War Training and Tactics.

 8 Jul 1940:            Air Staff, Directorate of Operational Training.

xx Jun 1941:          Officer Commanding, No 83 Sqn

xx Sep 1941:

 7 May 1942:         SASO, HQ No 5 (Bomber) Group.

xx Sep 1944:         AOC, No 4? Base

xx Dec 1944:         AOC, No 5? Base

xx xxx 1945:          SASO, ‘Tiger’ Force (relinquished 15 Oct 1945)

21 Nov 1945:        AOA, AHQ Burma.

16 Jan 1950:          Director of Operational Requirements 

 6 Jul 1952:            AOC, No 205 Group.

 6 Aug 1954:         Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements).

18 Feb 1957:         AOC, No 64 (Northern) Group.

He originally entered the RAF as an Aircraft Apprentice in the 7th Entry at RAF Halton.  He later became a NCO Pilot, before being commissioned in 1930.  On 3 September 1941, he was flying Hampden, AD978, on a raid to Berlin and on the return to Scampton he crashed into Stone Pit Hills near Kings Lynn, fortunately all were uninjured apart from minor cuts and bruises.

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