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Brotherhood, Willem Rowland

    Date of birth:
    January 22nd, 1912
    Date of death:
    August 1st, 2003
    Service number:
    33021
    Nationality:
    British

    Biography

    17 December 1932: Pilot Officer
    17 June 1934: Flying Officer
    1 October 1936: Flight Lieutenant
    1 April 1939: Squadron Leader
    1941: Acting Wing Commander
    1943: Acting Group Captain
    1 March 1944: Temporary Wing Commander
    1 July 1944: Temporary Group Captain
    1 October 1946: Wing Commander
    1 July 1950: Group Captain
    22 July 1955: Acting Air Commodore
    1 July 1956: Air Commodore

    1943: Deputy Director of Armament Requirement
    1948: Deputy Director of Weapons
    1955: Director of Operational Requirements
    1959: Director of Guided Weapons (Trials)

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    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Temporary Group Captain
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1946
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Wing Commander
    Awarded on:
    June 27th, 1947

    With silver palm
    Officier in de Leopoldsorde / Officier de l'Ordre de Léopold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Wing Commander
    Awarded on:
    June 27th, 1947

    With bronze palm
    Croix de Guerre 1940
    Rank:
    Group Captain
    Awarded on:
    June 5th, 1952
    Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
    India General Service Medal (1909 IGSM)
    General Service Medal 1918-1962
    Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal 1953
    Flying Badge

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