Hill, Roderic Maxwell
- Date of birth:
- March 1st, 1894
- Date of death:
- October 6th, 1954
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Military career:
December 1914: 2nd Lieutenant
?: Lieutenant
11 December 1916: Captain
1 April 1918: Captain/Flight Lieutenant
1 August 1918: Major/Squadron Leader
1 July 1925: Wing Commander
1 July 1932: Group Captain
1 July 1936: Air Commodore
?: Air Vice Marshal
6 June 1945: Air Marshal
16 January 1947: Air Chief Marshal
1 July 1947: Retired
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Second-Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1916
New Years Honours
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Second-Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
- Awarded on:
- November 14th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Experimental Flying Department, Royal Flying Corps
- Awarded on:
- August 3rd, 1918
For experimental flying.
- Rank:
- Squadron Leader
- Unit:
- Experimental Section, RAE Farnborough, Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1922
Second AFC received as bar
- Rank:
- Air Commodore
- Unit:
- Director of Technical Development, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1938
- Rank:
- Air Commodore
- Unit:
- Director of Technical Development, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1938
- Rank:
- Air Vice-Marshal
- Unit:
- Director of Technical Development, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Air Marshal
- Unit:
- Controller of Technical Development, RAF Mission to Washington D.C., HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1941
HM Birthday Honours
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Air Marshal
- Unit:
- Air Defence of Great Britain, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1944
New Years Honours
-
AOC in C
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Fighter Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 9th, 1945
Rad Bileho lva I Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Fighter Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1946
Commandeur in de Leopoldsorde / Commandeur de l'Ordre de Léopold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Chief Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Fighter Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- June 25th, 1948
With palm
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Chief Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Fighter Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- June 25th, 1948
With palm- in set with the commander order of Leopold.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: RAF (CC Attribution 3.0)
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37501/supplement/1379
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35204/supplement/3736/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38335/supplement/3725/data.pdf
- Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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