Date of birth:

February 6th, 1916 (Cairo, Egypt)

Date of death:

January 5th, 2004

Service number:

33240

Nationality:

British

Also received the CBE (January 1st, 1955).

Promotions:
1934: Air Cadet;
January 28th, 1936: Pilot Officer (seniority December 14th, 1935);
June 14th, 1937: Flying Officer;
November 28th, 1938: Acting Flight Lieutenant;
June 14th, 1939: Flight Lieutenant;
September 1st, 1940: temporary Squadron Leader;
?: Acting Wing Commander;
March 1st, 1942: temporary Wing Commander;
April 14th, 1942: Squadron Leader (seniority September 1st, 1940)
July 1st, 1947: Wing Commander;
July 1st, 1952: Group Captain;
February 6th, 1960: Acting Air Commodore;
January 1st, 1962: Air Commodore;
August 30th, 1965: Acting Air Vice Marshall;
April 1968: Air Vice Marshall.

Career:
?: Eton College;
1934 - December 1935: Flight Cadet, 'C' Squadron, RAF College, Cranwell;
December 14th, 1935: Pilot No. 111 Squadron;
March 18th, 1936: Pilot No. 11 Squadron, Risalpur;
November 28th, 1938: Flight Commander No. 11 Squadron;
August 7th, 1940: Flight Commander, No. 45 Squadron;
October 8th, 1940: Commanding Officer No. 55 Squadron;
1941: Commanding Officer B Flight, No. 4 Flying Training School, RAF Habbaniya;
July 11th, 1941: Air Staff, Headquarters RAF Middle East;
December 1st, 1941: Air Staff, Army Headquarters Egypt;
May 21st, 1942: SASO, Headquarters No. 216 Group;
?: Commanding Officer No. 3 Aircraft Despatch Center, Morocco;
August 7th, 1943: Traffic Staff, Headquarters Transport Command;
January 20th, 1945: Air Staff, Headquarters No. 46 Transport Group;
1946: RAF Staff College;
1947: Commanding Officer, Singapore;
November 24th, 1947: Senior Personnel Staff Officer, Army Headquarters, Malaya;
?: Personnel Staff, Air Ministry;
1953: Commanding Officer RAF Benson;
December 1955: Commanding Officer RAF Bruggen;
February 6th, 1960: AOC Air Cadets / Commanding Officer ATC;
September 14th, 1962: Director of Flight Safety;
August 30th, 1965: Chief of Staff, British Defence Staff, Washington;
April 1968: Pensioen;
?: Head Paris Office, McKinsey & Co.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

February 11th, 1941

Citation:
"This officer is an outstanding leader who seeks every opportunity to inflict damage on the enemy. He has led his squadron on numerous operational raids and has contributed largely to the many successes obtained.”

LG 35073/831.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Wing Commander

Unit:

Commanding Officer, B Flight, No. 4 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

January 14th, 1944

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