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Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (26074)


Frank               b: 1 Jun 1907               r: 26 Aug 1948            d: xx xxx xxxx

KBE – 10 Jun 1948 (CBE – 1 Jan 1944), CB – 1 Jan 1947, FRS, LoM (Cdr) – 5 Nov 1946, FRS, LL.D

(RAF): - Plt Off: 28 Jul 1928, Fg Off: 28 Jan 1930, Flt Lt: 1 Feb 1934, Sqn Ldr: 1 Sep 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1943, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946 – 1 Nov 1947, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre: Retained.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Aircraft Apprentice, 8th Entry, RAF Cranwell

xx xxx 1926:                 Flight Cadet, ‘B’ Sqn, RAF College, Cranwell

28 Jul 1928:                 Appointed to a Permanent Commission.

18 Dec 1929:               Instructor, No 2 Flying Training School.

 3 Aug 1932:                Attended Officers Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot.

xx xxx 1934:                 ?

24 Jun 1937:                Employed on research work at Rugby (development of jet propulsion).

24 Apr 1940:               Transferred to the Technical Branch.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Attended Army Staff College

At Cranwell he was awarded the Abdy Gerrard Fellows Memorial Prize.  Retired on account of medical unfitness for Air Force service.

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