Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Peter b: 29 Dec 1924 r: 29 Dec 1979 d: xx xxx 2012
RAFVR: AC2: xx xxx 1943 LAC: xx xxx xxxx, Sgt: xx xxx xxxx, Flt Sgt: xx xxx xxxx, Plt Off (P): 30 Apr 1945, Plt Off: 30 Oct 1945, Fg Off (WS): 30 Oct 1945
RAF: Fg Off: 1 Apr 1948 [20 Apr 1947], Flt Lt: 7 Jun 1951, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1957, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1964, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1969, Act A/Cdre: 18 Dec 1972, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1973, Act AVM: 4 Dec 1975, AVM: 1 Jul 1976
xx xxx 1943: U/T Wireless Operator, No ? ITW
xx xxx xxxx: Attended No ? Radio School
xx xxx xxxx: Attended, No ? OTU
12 Dec 1944: Wireless Operator, No 640 Sqn
30 Apr 1945: Appointed to an Emergency Commission in the RAFVR
1 Apr 1948: Appointed to a Short Service Commission (5 years) and transferred to the Secretarial Branch in the rank of Fg Off
1 Apr 1952: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the Secretarial Branch in the rank of Flt Lt
xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding RAF Uxbridge
18 Dec 1972: Director of Personnel (Ground) (RAF)
4 Dec 1975: AOA, Support Command
He was born in Chesterfield and after attending Tapton House School, he worked in the office of Brampton Brewery. He completed 19 operational missions over Europe with No 640 Squadron.
Following retirement he became Fellow Bursar at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and was awarded a Cambridge MA, retiring from Wolfson College in December 1989.
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