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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Arthur
Forbes
b: 30 May 1913 r:
17 Jul 1968 d:
12 Sep 2003
DFC – 21 Feb
1941, MiD - 14 Jan 1944, MA.
Act
Plt Off:
4 Mar 1937, Plt Off: 4 Jun 1938 [4
Mar 1937], Fg Off: 4 Dec 1938 [4 Sep
1938], Act Flt Lt:
1 Apr 1940,
Flt Lt (WS): 4 Sep 1940,
Act Sqn Ldr: xx xxx xxxx, (T)
Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1941, Act
Wg Cdr: xx xxx xxxx, Sqn Ldr: 20
Nov 1942 [1 Dec 1941], Act Gp Capt: 20
Mar 1943- 1945, Wg Cdr (WS): 20 Sep
1943, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1944,
Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Act Gp Capt: 1
Mar 1952?, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1953,
Act A/Cdre: 5 Oct 1964, A/Cdre:
Retained.
xx xxx 1937: U/T Pilot, No ? FTS
xx
xxx xxxx:
Pilot, No 204 Sqn.
14 Jan 1939: Pilot, No 217 Sqn (Ansons - Tangmere)
3 Jun 1939: Pilot, No 240 Sqn
29 Jan 1940: Signals Officer, No 204 Sqn
xx xxx 1941: Attended Beaufighter Conversion Course, No 2 (C) OTU.
24 Jan 1942: Flying Instructor, No 2 (C) OTU.
1 May 1942: Attended Flying Boat Conversion Course, No 4 (C) OTU
xx Jul 1942
28 Dec 1942:
Attended Course No 8, Middle East Staff School, Haifa.
15 Mar 1943:
SASO, AHQ East Africa.
21 Nov 1944:
Air Staff, HQ No 222 Group.
xx Apr 1945:
Officer Commanding, No 191 Sqn. (Catalina IVb)
23 Jun 1945:
Air Staff, HQ No 4 Group.
xx xxx 1946:
Staff, Directorate of Personal Services.
30 Oct 1948:
Air Attaché, Mexico City (covering a large area of Central America)
xx xxx xxxx:
Air and Naval Attaché, Caracus.
1 Mar 1952:
Group Captain - Organisation, HQ Flying Training Command.
4
May 1953:
SOA, HQ No 23 (Training) Group.
7 Feb 1960: RAF Instructor, NATO Defence College.
5
Oct 1962:
Deputy Director of Manning.
28
Jan 1965:
Air Attaché, Athens.
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