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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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John Nicholas Haworth
b: 10 Jan 1912
r: 25 Jul 1964
d: 13 Nov 1974
CB
– 11 Jun 1960, DSO – 18 Apr 1941, DFC – 17 May 1940, Bar –
22 Nov 1940, MiD - 24 Sep 1941, CMC - 12 Jan 1943.
Plt Off: 19 Dec 1931, Fg Off: 19 Jun 1933, Flt Lt: 19 Jun 1936, Sqn Ldr: 1 Feb 1939, Act Wg Cdr: 16 Sep 1940?, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, Act Gp Capt: 16 Mar 1942, Act A/Cdre: 10 May 1943 - 23 Aug 1943, Act Gp Capt: 23 Aug 1943, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1944, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1950, Act A/Cdre: 4 Jul 1955, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1957.
Photo - Crown Copyright© (AVM R A Cochrane, Wg Cdr Guy Gibson, King George VI and Gp Capt Whitworth discussing the 'Dambusters Raid' in May 1943)
16 Jan 1930: Flight Cadet, 'B' Sqn, RAF College.
19 Dec 1931: Appointed to a Permanent Commission
19 Dec 1931: Pilot, No 99 Sqn
28 Feb 1933: Pilot, No 70 Sqn.
27 Apr 1936: Attended Instructors' Course, Central Flying School (graded B).
13 Jul 1936: QFI, Oxford UAS/Station Flight, RAF Abingdon.
5 Feb 1939: 'B' Flight Commander, No 10 Sqn. (Whitleys)
4 Apr - xx xxx 1940: Officer Commanding (Temporary), No 10 Sqn.
20 May 1940: Flight Commander, No 78 Sqn (Whitleys)
12 Jun 1940: 'B' Flight Commander, No 10 Sqn. (Whitleys)
10 Jul 1940: Officer Commanding (Temporary), No 10 Sqn.
13 Sep 1940: Supernumerary, No 78 Sqn (Whitleys/Halifaxes)
16 Sep 1940: Officer Commanding, No 78 Sqn (Whitleys/Halifaxes)
14 Feb 1941: Air Staff, HQ No 4 Group.
xx Oct 1941: Adviser to USAAC, USA.
26 Jan 1942: Officer Commanding, No 35 Sqn (Halifaxes)
5-19 Jan 1942: Officer Commanding, RAF Leeming
13 Mar 1942: Supernumerary, RAF Scampton.
16 Mar 1942: Officer Commanding, RAF Scampton.
28 Feb - 3 Mar 1943 Attended Course in Aviation Medicine, Farnborough
10 May 1943: Base Commander, No 52 Base.
29 Aug 1943: Deputy Director of Bomber Operations
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Apr 1946:
Attended Course No 16, RAF Staff College (Overseas), Haifa.
xx xxx 1947: Staff, AHQ India.
8 Dec 1947: Air Attaché, Bangkok.
xx xxx 1948: Group Captain –Operations, AHQ India.
xx xxx xxxx:
Commanding Officer, RAF Swinderby
3 Aug 1953: Group Captain - Operations, HQ Bomber Command.
13 Sep 1954: SASO, HQ No 1 (Bomber) Group.
22 May 1958: Commandant, Central Flying School.
16 Feb 1961: Chief of Staff, Ghana Air Force.
27 May 1962: AOC, RAF Hong Kong.
He represented the RAF College at Athletics, Cross Country and Shooting and also attained the rank of Flight Cadet Corporal. He was Base and Station Commander at Scampton at the time No 617 Squadron was formed and later acted as technical adviser on the film ‘The Dambusters’.
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