Date of birth:

April 5th, 1919 (Raynes Park-London, Great Britain)

Date of death:

November 12th, 2002

Service number:

72477

Nationality:

British

Recieved his RAF Pilot wings on June 24th, 1939.

Promotions:
March 4th, 1939: Acting Pilot Officer on probation;
September 30th, 1939: Pilot Officer on probation;
January 28th, 1940: Pilot Officer;
September 30th, 1940: Flying Officer;
September 30th, 1941: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.);
November 1943: Acting Squadron Leader;
July 1st, 1945: temporary Squadron Leader;
May 2nd, 1945: Temporary Wing Commander;
June 2nd, 1946: Squadron Leader (war subs.);
December 19th, 1947: Flight Lieutenant;
March 1948: Squadron Leader.

Career:
1930 - 1933: Douai Boarding School, Woolhampton, Berks;
1934 - 1936: Caterham School, Surrey;
1936 - 1937: University College, Gower Street, London;
?: University of London Air Squadron, Northolt;
1937: Engineer British Thompson Houston Company, Rugby;
September 13th, 1938: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve;
December 28th, 1939 - March 4th, 1939: Civil Flying School, Desford;
March 20th, 1939 - September 30th, 1939: No. 8 Flying Training School;
September 30th, 1939: No. 152 Squadron, Acklington;
November 28th, 1939: Fighter Flight Shetlands;
January 5th, 1940: Fighter Flight RAF Sumburgh;
January 14th, 1940: No. 152 Squadron;
August 1st, 1940: No. 247 Squadron;
February 9th, 1941: No. 601 Squadron;
July 6th, 1941: No. 127 Squadron, Kafareet, Sirië;
?: No. 261 Squadron;
January 30th, 1942: Flying Instructor Air Headquarters Libya;
February 24th, 1942: No. 94 Squadron;
April 21st, 1942: No. 71 Operational Training Unit, Middle East;
? - March 1943: No 108-109 Maintenance Unit HQ ADME;
March 22nd, 1943: Staff Officer Operational Training to the Air Officer Commanding No. 209 Group;
July 6th, 1943: Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding No. 212 Group;
March 1944: HQ MAAF Personnel Transit Centre;
May 17th, 1944: Advisory Officer No. 336 (Hellenic) Squadron;
November 12th, 1944: Directorate of Mechanical Transport, Air Ministry;
March 2nd, 1946: Motor Transport, Air Ministry;
September 20th, 1946 - December 21st, 1947: Control Officer Grade 1, Foreign Office;
December 19th, 1947: Adjutant RAF Guterslch, Germany;
March 1948: Air Staff (Plans), Air HQ British Forces of Occupation Germany;
October 14th, 1948 - September 30th, 1949: Course Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Shemlan;
October 27th, 1949: HQ MEA, Ismailia;
November 1949 - March 1951: Senior RAF Intelligence Officer Staff AOC No 205 Group;
March 7th, 1951: No. 1 Flying Training School;
May 1951: No. 127 Flying Instructor Course, Central Flying School;
December 1951: OC (Flying) No. 6 Radio School, Cranwell / OC Squadron 300 Radio Apprentices;
November 1952 - December 1954: OC Home Command Communications Squadron, White Waltham;
November 2nd, 1954 - January 1955: No. 63 RAF Intelligence Course, RAF Uxbridge;
January 1955: Senior RAF and Army Intelligence Officer, Southern Arabia, Staff of the Air Officer Commanding British Forces;
June 24th, 1957 - September 27th, 1957: No 60 Joint Air Traffic Control Course, The Central Navigation and Control School, Shawbury;
October 7th, 1957 - January 6th, 1958: RAF Air Traffic Controllers Category (B1), RAF Master Airfield.

Own flown aircraft:
Gloster Gladiator N5640;
Gloster Gladiator N5644.

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• - The London Gazette of 14th November 1939, Issue 34733
  - The London Gazette of 27th February 1940, Issue 34801
  - The London Gazette of 12th November 1940, Issue 34989
  - The London Gazette of 21st october 1941, Issue 35319
  - Second Supplement to the London Gazette of 24th August 1945, Issue 37240, dated 28th August 1945
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 2nd July 1946, Issue 37639, dated 5th July 1946
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