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Air Commodore R H S Spaight (16088)


Robert Henry Seymour            b: 12 Dec 1901         r: 21 Aug 1950                 d: 20 Nov 1993

CBE - 1 Jan 1948.

Plt Off: 21 Apr 1923, Fg Off: 21 Oct 1924 [21 Oct 1923], Flt Lt: 1 Jul 1928, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jun 1936, Wg Cdr: 1 Apr 1939, Act Gp Capt: xx xxx 1941, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1941, Act A/Cdre: 22 Dec 1944? - ?, Gp Capt (WS): 22 Jun 1945, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1946, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre: 20 Aug 1950.

xx xxx 1920:          Flight Cadet, 'B' Sqn, RAF College.

21 Apr 1923:          Pilot, No 24 Sqn.

18 Nov 1925:         Pilot, No 84 Sqn.

11 May 1927:         Photographic Officer, No 208 Sqn.

25 Mar 1931:         Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

 7 Jul 1931:            Flight Commander, No 26 Sqn.

18 Jan 1932:          Attended RAF Staff College.

17 Dec 1932:         Air Staff, HQ Inland Area.

 1 Feb 1934:          GSO III, HQ Northern Command (Army).

 1 Feb 1935:          Staff, Coast Defence Development Unit.

 1 Jul 1936:            Officer Commanding, No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit.

20 Jun 1937:          Staff, RAF Aldergrove?

 4 Nov 1937:         Air Staff, TW1, Directorate of Staff Duties.

 4 Nov 1939:         Assistant Director of War Training and Tactics.

 8 Jul 1940:            Assistant Director of Operational Training.

 7 Aug 1941:           Posted (prior to assuming command), RAF Scampton

12 Aug 1941:          Officer Commanding, RAF Scampton.

16 Mar 1942:          Supernumerary, RAF Scampton (pending posting to SDL)

xx xxx 1942:           Director of Training USA.

28 Feb 1946:          Air Staff, HQ RAF Austria.(Gp Capt)

15 Jun 1946:           AOC, AHQ Austria.

18 Feb 1948:         AOA, HQ Reserve Command.

In the competitive selection tests for entry into Cranwell, held in 1919, he achieved a score of 4,978.  He represented the RAF College at Athletics, Cricket and Rugby and attained the rank of Flt Cdt Sgt.  Whilst at Cranwell he was involved in a very bad motorcycle accident and almost lost his leg to the surgeons, however, the leg was fortunately saved but it left him with a permanent limp.  This no doubt accounts for the length of time he appears to have spent at Cranwell.

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