Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Ronald Lancelot
b: 14 Apr 1909
d: 22 Nov 1956
CB – 9 Jun 1955, CBE – 1 Jan 1946, MiD – 2 Jun 1943, MiD – 14 Jun 1945, MiD – xx xxx xxxx, AMIEE.
(RAF): - Plt Off: 27 Jul 1929, Fg Off: 27 Jan 1931, Flt Lt: 27 Jan 1935, Sqn Ldr: 1 Apr 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Sep 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1943, Act A/Cdre: 17 Jan 1945, Gp Capt (WS): 17 Jul 1945, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, Act A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1949, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1951.
Flt Cdt R L Philips (back row - left) Photo © RAF College Cranwell
xx xxx xxxx: Aircraft Apprentice, 6th Entry, Electrical and Wireless School, Flowerdown.
1 Sep 1927: Flight Cadet, ‘B’ Sqn, RAF College, Cranwell
27 Jul 1929: Appointed to a Permanent Commission.
27 Jul 1929: Pilot, No 2 Sqn.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
23 Sep 1930: Signals Officer, No 28 Sqn.
31 Dec 1932: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
23 Apr 1933: Attended Electrical and Wireless School.
16 Jul 1934: Staff, Air Ministry Wireless Section.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
8 Mar 1938: Signals Officer, No 8 Sqn.
20 Jan 1939: Officer Commanding, No 8 Sqn
20 Sep 1939: Staff, AHQ Aden Command
xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding, WT Station, Ismailia.
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch
27 Jan 1941: Signals Officer, HQ RAF Middle East.
xx xxx xxxx: Group Captain - ?, No 60 Group.
xx xxx xxxx: OC, No 72 Wing.
9 May 1946: Chief Signals Officer, HQ Fighter Command.
1 Jul 1949: Director of Radio
1 Jan 1951: Director of Signals (P)
10 Aug 1953: AOC, No 27 (Training) Group
He represented the RAF College at Hockey and Tennis and was awarded the Abdy Gerrard Fellows Prize. Whilst in No 60 Group, he was heavily involved in the development and operation of GEE. His death occurred whilst undergoing treatment in the RAF Hospital, Wroughton.
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