Date of birth:

October 4th, 1916 (Perth/Scotland, Great Britain)

Date of death:

November 22nd, 2001 (Wiltshire, Great Britain)

Nationality:

British

Ronald Cuthbert Hay was born on October 4th,1916 in Perth, Schotland as the son of Cuthbert Joseph Hay and Letitia Griffith Fausset. He attended the Ampleforth College in Yorkshire.

Promotions:
?: Lieutenant;
May 1942: acting Captain;
?: Captain (war subs.);
April 1943: acting Major;
December 1944: Lieutenant Colonel;
?: Captain (war subs. Royal Marines);
?: Lieutenant Commander (Royal Navy);
1955: Commander (Royal Navy).

Career:
September 1st, 1935: Royal Marines;
?: H.M.S. Devonshire;
1938: Fleet Air Arm;
March 6th, 1939: Elementary Flying Training, Rochester;
1939 - October 1939: No. 3 Course, No. 1 FTS, RAF Netheravon;
April 1940: Pilot, No. 801 Squadron, H.M.S. Ark Royal;
August 1940: No. 808 Squadron, Wick;
October 1941: No. 761 Squadron, H.M.S. Ark Royal;
November 1942: Commanding Officer No. 809 Squadron, H.M.S. Victorious;
May 1943: RAF Wing Leaders Course;
August 1944: Wing Leader No. 47 Wing, H.M.S. Victorious;
December 1944: Air Co-ordinator, 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, H.M.S. Victorious;
?: Royal Marines;
?: No. 40 Commando;
1951: Fleet Air Arm;
?: H.M.S. Indomitable;
?: Staff Course, Greenwich;
?: Admiralty Plans Division;
June 1955 - 1957: Commander Royal Naval Air Station Stretton;
?: Joint Services Staff College, Latimer;
?: NATO;
?: Joint Warfare Establishment;
?: NATO, Turkije;
November 1966: Pensioen.

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• Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
• - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 21st November 1941, Issue 35357, dated 25th November 1941
  - The Battle of Britain London Monument
  - Flying Marines