Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Eric
b: 30 Apr 1920
r: 3 Nov 1975
d: 4 Mar 1985
DFC
– 4 Dec 1945,
RAFVR:
AC2: xx xxx xxxx, LAC: xx
xxx xxxx, Sgt: xx xxx xxxx, Plt
Off (P): 28 Jun
1942, Fg Off: 24 Sep 1942,
R
xx
xxx 1940: U/T Pilot.
xx xxx xxxx: NCO Pilot (105625),
28 Jun 1942: Appointed to a Commission in the RAFVR
xx xxx 1942: Pilot, ? Sqn.
xx xxx xxxx: Flight Commander, No 427 Sqn.
1 Sep 1945: Appointed
to Permanent Commission in the rank of Flying Officer (retaining rank
current at the time).
xx
xxx 1951:
Officer Commanding, VIP Sqn, Middle East Air Force.
10
Oct 1952: Air
Staff, HQ Transport Command.
xx
xxx 1955:
Squadron Commander, No 1 FTS, RAF Syeston.
1957
- 59 ?
xx
xxx 1959: Senior Personnel Officer, HQ Middle East Air Force.
2
May 1960: CFI, No
2 FTS, RAF Syerston. (Jet Provosts)
xx xxx 1963: SASO, Ghana Air Force.
25
Nov 1963:
24 Dec 1965: Group Captain - Training, HQ Transport Command.
1 Mar 1968: AOA, HQ RAF Germany.
1
Feb 1971: Director of RAF Flying Training.
10
Aug 1972:
Director-General of Training (RAF).
Having gained an MA at Canterbury, he joined the RAF
in 1940, being commissioned in 1942 following his pilot training.
He returned to the academic world after retiring from the RAF as a Fellow
of Hughes Hall, Cambridge.
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