Date of birth:

July 21st, 1907

Nationality:

British

Promotions:
September 15th, 1926: Midshipsman;
April 28th, 1930: Sub Lieutenant;
January 18th, 1931: Lieutenant;
January 18th, 1931: temporary Flying Officer;
July 1st, 1935: Flight Lieutenant;
?: Acting Commander;
March 1st, 1939: Lieutenant Commander;
December 31st, 1946: Commander;
December 31st, 1950: Captain.

Career:
June 15th, 1925: Royal Navy;
January 1931: attachement Royal Air Force;
February 25th, 1938: No. 717 (Catapult) Squadron;
July 26th, 1939: Relinquishes RAF Commission;
March 29th, 1939: Commanding Officer No. 718 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm;
December 9th, 1939 - November 1940: Commanding Officer No. 804 Squadron;
June 1st, 1940: Commanding Officer No. 881 Squadron;
1942: Commander (Flying), H.M.S. Argus;
1943: Commander (Flying), H.M.S. Stalker;
?: Naval Fighter Wing;
December 1944: Commanding Officer Royal Navy Air Station Puttalam, Ceylon;
1955: Naval Attaché, Rio;
1960: Retirement.

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• - ADM 196/150/201, National Archives
  - Air Force List (1931), Issue August 1938
  - The London Gazette of 10th March 1939, Issue 34606
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 19th May 1944, Issue 36526, dated 23rd May 1944
  - Häkans aviation page