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Air Marshal Sir Herbert Spreckley (16207)

Flt Cdt H D Spreckley (back row - left) Herbert Dorman          

b: xx xxx 1904/5                 

r: 1 Mar 1962                             

d: 29 Aug 1963

KBE – 1 Jan 1960 (OBE – xx xxx xxxx), CB – 1 Jan 1952, MiD – xx xxx xxxx,  LoM (Cdr) – 20 Jun 1947, M I Mech E, FRAeS.

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here 

(RAF): - Plt Off: 16 Dec 1925, Fg Off: 16 Jun 1927, Flt Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Sqn Ldr: 1 Feb 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Mar 1942,  Wg Cdr: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Mar 1940], (T) A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre:1 Jul 1947, Act AVM: 15 Sep 1954, AVM: 1 Jul 1955, Act AM: 21 Jan 1959. AM: 1 Jul 1959.

Flt Cdt H D Spreckley (back row - left) Photo © RAF College Cranwell

xx xxx xxxx:                  Aircraft Apprentice, 3rd Entry, RAF Cranwell

xx xxx 1924:                 Flight Cadet, ‘B’ Sqn, RAF College, Cranwell.

16 Dec 1925:               Appointed to a Permanent Commission.

16 Dec 1925:               Pilot, No 12 Sqn.

xx Oct 1928:                Pilot, No 60 Sqn.

xx xxx 1930:                 ?, India

9 Mar 1931:                 Armament Officer, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment.

28 Feb 1933:               Attended Air Armament Course, Air Armament School.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Armament Officer, Air Armament School.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Attended advanced armament course

21 Jan 1936:                Attended RAF Staff College.

 2 Jan 1937:                 Staff Officer, Joint Directorate of Scientific Research and Technical Development.

24 Apr 1940:               Transferred to the Technical Branch.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Staff Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production

xx xxx xxxx:                  Staff Officer, Ministry of Supply (Armament research and development)

24 Mar 1945:               Staff Officer to Director-General of Armament.

xx xxx 1946:                 AOC and Commandant, Empire Air Armament School

xx xxx 1949:                 Attended Imperial Defence College

20 Mar 1950:               Director of Operational Requirements (B).

xx xxx 1952:                 AOC and Commandant, RAF Technical College, Henlow

15 Sep 1954:               Director-General of Technical Services

 1 Apr 1957:                AOC, No 24 (Training) Group

21 Jan 1959:                Controller of Engineering and Equipment.

Following retirement he became military adviser to Smith Aviation Division from 1962 to 1963.

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