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Air Vice-Marshal G B Beardsworth (16147)


George Braithwaite       b: 10 Feb 1904                         r: xx xxx 1957                                  d: 5 Aug 1959

CB - xx xxx 1947, MiD – xx xxx xxxx, MIMechE, MinstT, FRAeS

(RAF): - Plt Off: 17 Dec 1924, Fg Off: 17 Jun 1926, Flt Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Sqn Ldr: 1 Feb 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1942, Wg Cdr: 1 Dec1943, Act A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1945, Gp Capt (WS): 1 Jul 1945, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1948, Act AVM: 15 Feb 1955, AVM: 1 Jul 1956.

 1 Feb 1923:              Flight Cadet, ‘A’ Sqn, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell

17 Dec 1924:            Appointed to a Permanent Commission.

17 Dec 1924:            Pilot, No 13 Sqn.

xx xxx xxxx:               Armament Officer, No 13 Sqn.

28 Feb 1928:            Armament Officer, No 28 Sqn.

 6 Aug 1929:             Attended Officers Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot.

xx xxx xxxx:               Attended Torpedo course

 4 Jul 1931:               Staff, RAF Base Gosport/RAF Gosport.

xx xxx xxxx:               Supernumerary?

 1 Aug 1936:              Flight Commander, No 36 Sqn (Far East).

14 Dec 1936:             Officer Commanding, No 36 Sqn (Far East).

20 Oct 1938:             Posted to Home Establishment

 4 Nov 1938:             Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

23 Jan 1939:             Attended RAF Staff College

 3 Sep 1939:             Staff Officer, HQ Coastal Command.

22 Oct 1939:             Officer i/c, Torpedo Section, RAF Gosport

 9 Oct 1940:              Engineering Staff Officer, HQ Technical Training Command.

1941 - 1945:  Served in  UK (despatches), Canada, and Middle East

21 Oct 1941:            Transferred to the General Duties Branch

30 Apr 1942:             Transferred to the Technical Branch

27 Nov 1943:            Engineer Staff Officer, HQ Flying Training Command

 1 Jan 1945:               Command Technical Officer, RAF Mediterranean & Middle East

xx xxx 1947:              Director of Engineering.

21 Mar 1949:             Senior Technical Staff Officer, Fighter Command

29 May 1951:            Senior Technical Staff Officer, Far East Air Force

11 Feb 1954:             Director of Aircraft Engineering, Air Ministry

15 Feb 1955:             AOC, No 24 Group.

23 Apr 1957:             Senior Air Staff Officer, Technical Training Command

At Cranwell he attained the rank of Flight Cadet Sergeant and represented the college at Rugby.

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