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Air Vice-Marshal A Foden (73679)


Arthur              b: 19 Apr 1914             r: 7 Oct 1969               d: 23 Nov 1990

CB – 13 Jun 1964, CBE – 11 Jun 1960, MiD – 1 Jan 1943, MiD – 8 Jun 1944, MiD – 1 Jan 1946, BSc (Eng), MIEE.

(RAFVR): - Plt Off (P): 11 Jul 1939, Fg Off (H): 11 Jul 1939, Fg Off: 7 Sep 1939, (T) Flt Lt: 1 Mar 1942, Act Sqn Ldr: 19 Oct 1943?, Flt Lt (WS): 19 Apr 1944, Act Wg Cdr: 24 Jan 1945, (T) Sqn Ldr: 1 Jul 1945, Sqn Ldr (WS): 24 Jul 1945.

(RAF): - Sqn Ldr: 29 Mar 1946 [1 Sep 1945], Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1947, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1956, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx xxxx, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1962, Act AVM: 1 Mar 1967, AVM: 1 Jul 1967.

xx xxx 1935:               Electronic engineer

xx xxx 1937:                 Education Officer

11 Jul 1939:                 Appointed to a Commission in Administrative and Special Duties Branch, RAFVR

xx xxx 1939:                 Signals Officer

 

10 Mar 1941:               Transferred to the Technical Branch.

19 Apr 1943:               Signals Staff Officer, HQ Bomber Command.

15 Feb 1946:               Signals Officer, AHQ India

29 Mar 1946:               Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Squadron Leader (wef 1 Sep 1945)

15 Aug 1947:              Signals Officer, AHQ RAF Units in India and Pakistan

 2 Mar 1948:               Staff Officer, Directorate of Signals

xx xxx xxxx:                  ?

15 Sep 1952:               Air Staff, HQ, No 27 Group

25 Aug 1954:               Staff Officer - Telecommunications, HQ Allied Air Forces Central Europe.

 3 Apr 1957:                Deputy Director, Directorate of Signals (2)

10 Sep 1960:               Command Signals Officer, HQ RAF Germany.

30 Jul 1961:                  Director of Telecommunications

xx xxx 1964:                 Deputy Director (Co-ordination), Defence Signals Staff, Ministry of Defence

13 Dec 1965:               Chief RAF Telecommunications, HQ Signals Command

 1 Mar 1967:                Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Signals)

Following his retirement from the RAF, he became Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham (GCHQ) from 1969 until 1975.

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