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Orme) Wilberforce (Albert) Raymond Blackburn (Alexander Bell
Copyrights sought (Albert) Basil (Orme) Wilberforce (Albert) Raymond Blackburn (Alexander Bell) Filson Young (Alexander) Forbes Hendry (Alexander) Frederick Whyte (Alfred Hubert) Roy Fedden (Alfred) Alistair Cooke (Alfred) Guy Garrod (Alfred) James Hawkey (Archibald) Berkeley Milne (Archibald) David Stirling (Archibald) Havergal Downes-Shaw (Arthur) Berriedale Keith (Arthur) Beverley Baxter (Arthur) Cecil Tyrrell Beck (Arthur) Clive Morrison-Bell (Arthur) Hugh (Elsdale) Molson (Arthur) Mervyn Stockwood (Arthur) Paul Boissier, Harrow Heraldry Committee & Harrow School (Arthur) Trevor Dawson (Arwyn) Lynn Ungoed-Thomas (Basil Arthur) John Peto (Basil) Kingsley Martin (Basil) Kingsley Martin (Basil) Kingsley Martin & New Statesman (Borlasse Elward) Wyndham Childs (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready (Cecil George) Graham Hayman (Charles Edward) Howard Vincent (Charles Henry) Collins Baker (Charles) Alexander Harris (Charles) Cyril Clarke (Charles) Edgar Wood (Charles) Edward Troup (Charles) Frederick (Howard) Gough (Charles) Michael Duff (Charles) Philip Fothergill (Charles) Philip Fothergill, Liberal National Organisation, N-E Warwickshire Liberal Association & Rt Hon Charles Albert McCurdy (Charles) Vernon (Oldfield) Bartlett (Charles) Vernon (Oldfield) Bartlett & World Review of Reviews (Claude) Nigel (Byam) Davies (Claude) Nigel (Byam) Davies (Colin) Mark Patrick (Crwfurd) Wilfrid Griffin Eady (Cyril) Berkeley Ormerod (Cyril) Desmond Keeling (Cyril) George Toogood (Cyril) Kenneth Bird (David) Euan Wallace (Davies) Evan Bedford (Denis Duncan) -
Senior Royal Air Force Appointments
1 Updated August 2021: IV: SENIOR ROYAL AIR FORCE APPOINTMENTS CONTENTS: (a) AIR MINISTRY/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE: page 2 (b) HOME COMMANDS: page 43 (c) OVERSEAS COMMANDS: page 75 (d) GROUPS: page 96 (e) TRAINING AND EDUCATION: page 113 2 (a): AIR MINISTRY/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE INDEX: Air Member for Personnel/Deputy Commander, Personnel/ Capability, Air Command: page 5 Air Member for Research and Development: page 8 Air Member for Supply and Organization: page 7 Air Member for Technical Services: page 8 Air Member for Training: page 8 Air Secretary: page 13 Deputy Air Secretary: page 14 Air Staff, Briefing, Director: page 17 Air Staff Duties, Director: page 18 Air Staff Plans, Director: page 16 Air Tactics, Director: page 19 Assistant Chief of the Air Staff- Intelligence: page 13 Operational Requirements: page 12 Operations: page 11 Policy: page 10 Training: page 12 Chief of the Air Staff: page 4 Deep Target Attack Capability, Head: page 21 Defence Policy(R.A.F.): page 18 Deputy Chief of the Air Staff: page 9 Finance and Military Capability, Director (see Air Staff (Plans) Flight Safety, Director: page 30 Flying Training/Training, Director: page 28 Forward Policy, Director: page 17 Ground Training, Director: page 31 Inspector-General: page 15 Intelligence, Air Commodore: page 24 Manning- Director-General/Director: pages 37/38 Movements, Director: page 42 Navigation/Navigation and Control, Director: page 29 Operational Requirements- Director(1): page 25 Director(2): page 26 Director(3): page 26 3 Operational Training- Director: page 29 Assistant -
T. E. Lawrence: His Service in the Royal Air Force
T. E. Lawrence: His Service in the Royal Air Force Air Commodore (Retired) Professor Peter Gray University of Wolverhampton T. E. Lawrence, as the ‘Uncrowned Prince of Arabia’, has been described as the most ‘glamorous figure produced by the First World War'.1 Although such extravagant statements are open to debate, there can be little doubt that Lawrence achieved legendary status during and after the First World War. As Brian Holden Reid has pointed out, public interest was whetted rather than lessened by Lawrence’s decision in 1922 to join the Royal Air Force as an airman and not as an officer. In the event, he spent two periods of time in the RAF with an intervening spell in the Royal Tank Corps. This paper will concentrate on Lawrence’s service in the RAF.2 Like the formal presentation delivered to the RAF Historical Society Annual General Meeting, the paper will focus on issues for which there is evidence and leave the conjecture, which is inevitable with Lawrence, to the discussion period. The paper will examine a number of issues including why Lawrence wanted to join the RAF and why he was determined to enlist in the ranks. The paper will also look at the question as to how he got away with such a radical move (if indeed he did so) and finally reflect on what we can learn about the RAF in the inter-war years through the Lawrence lens. Lawrence gained fame, promotion and formal decorations (CB and DSO) for his service in Arabia and featured in the movie With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence 1 Brian Holden Reid, ‘T. -
121159150.23.Pdf
6-AF\ i L, 4oos 5° QfiF.IL Corrected to I Olh ./lugust, 1921. [Crown Copyright Reserved.] Si) Jhitljoriti). The MONTHLY AIR FORCE LIST September, 1921. LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY- OFFICE. To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses : Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, and 28, Abingdon 37, Peter Street, ManchesterStreet, London, ; 1, St. Andrew’sS.W.l ; Crescent, Cardiff ; or from E. PONSONBY,23, Forth Ltd.,Street, 116, Edinburgh; Grafton Street, Dublin. 1921. [Price, One Shilling and Sixpence, Net.] THE MONTHLY AIR FORCE LIST SEPTEMBER, 1921. CONTENTS. X. Abbreviations 2 Area Commands, contd:— Advisory Board on Chaplaincy Services ... 1162 B..A.F.No. 11 (Irish)Headquarters, Wing Cranwell ... 5855 R.A.F. Headquarters, Halton ... 58o Air Council 11 Chaplains, Department of 1151-1152 Air Force Agents 3 Commands R.A.F. (Overseas):— ♦Air Force Decorations:— Independent Units Indian Group DistinguishedAir Force Cross Flying Cross I Statutes of Mediterranean Group ... Distinguished Flying Medal Middle East Area Air Force Medal | 3062-3064 Rhine ... Deaths, List of ... 3052 Air Ministry:— Dental Officers, List of ... 1101 Chief of the Air Staff, Department of 14 General list 101-900 Committees 31-50 Judge Advocate General ... Controller-General of Civil Aviation, Medical Service U.A.F. Department of 20 Meteorological Stations Director-Generalsearch, Department of Supply, of and Re- 21 Nursing Service, R.A.F. ... Directoratestracts of Accounts and Con- 13« Directorate of Equipment 15 •Pay:—Half, Declarations for ) Directorate of Lands 13a Retired, Declarations for j 3056-3068 Directorate of R..A.F. -
The University Air Squadrons Early Years 1920–39
COUNCIL OF MILITARY EDUCATION COMMITTEES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM UNIVERSITIES THE UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRONS EARLY YEARS 1920–39 By Clive Richards COMEC OCCASIONAL PAPER. No 7. 1 Series Editor Dr Patrick Mileham © Clive Richards No part of this publication, except for short extracts, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form without the prior permission of the Council of Military Education Committees, c/o COMEC Editor, Wiston House, North Cheriton, Templecombe BA8 0AD. Design and Layout by Kim Martin Printed by Letterworks, Reading Previous Occasional Papers Occasional Paper No 1: University Service Units. What are they really for? By Dr Patrick Mileham, 2012. Occasional Paper No 2: The Conundrum of Leadership - Leadership in Government, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Society. By Lord Owen, 2013. Occasional Paper No 3: Leadership in Future Force 2020. By General Sir Richard Barrons, 2014. Occasional Paper No 4: University Officers’ Training Corps and the First World War. By Edward M Spiers, 2014. Occasional Paper No 5: Reshaping the British Nuclear Deterrent. By Lord Owen, 2015. No. 6: Britain’s Maritime Future. By Jeremy Blackham and Andrew Lambert [Professor, King’s College, London], 2015. Online These Papers can be viewed online at: http://www.comec.org.uk/publications/occasional 2 COUNCIL OF MILITARY EDUCATION COMMITTEES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM UNIVERSITIES THE UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRONS EARLY YEARS 1920–1939 By Clive Richards COMEC OCCASIONAL PAPER. No 7. 3 FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR DICK CLEMENTS CHAIRMAN COMEC It gives me great satisfaction to introduce this, the latest in COMEC’s series of Occasional Papers. I have been involved with the University Air Squadron world, both at my own University, Bristol, and elsewhere, for many years. -
2018 Howlett Alexander 08260
This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from the King’s Research Portal at https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/ The Royal Naval Air Service and the Evolution of Naval Aviation in Britain, 1914-1918 Howlett, Alexander Lucas Nathaniel Awarding institution: King's College London The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without proper acknowledgement. END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT Unless another licence is stated on the immediately following page this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Non Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works - You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you receive permission from the author. Your fair dealings and other rights are in no way affected by the above. Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 24. Sep. 2021 Department of Defence Studies King’s College London The Royal Naval Air Service and the Evolution of Naval Aviation in Britain, 1914-1918 Alexander L. -
Royal Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Forces
ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE AND AUXILIARY FORCES ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the contributors concerned and are not necessarily those held by the Royal Air Force Historical Society. Photographs credited to MAP have been reproduced by kind permission of Military Aircraft Photographs. Copies of these, and of many others, may be obtained via http://www.mar.co.uk Copyright 2003: Royal Air Force Historical Society First published in the UK in 2003 by the Royal Air Force Historical Society All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. ISBN 0-9530345-1-8 Typeset by Creative Associates 115 Magdalen Road Oxford OX4 1RS Printed by Advance Book Printing Unit 9 Northmoor Park Church Road Northmoor OX29 5UH 3 CONTENTS AIR FORCE RESERVES AND AUXILIARIES, 1912 TO 11 MUNICH by Wg Cdr Jeff Jefford THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE, 1936-39 27 by Dr Tony Mansell THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE IN WW II by Christopher 39 Shores MORNING DISCUSSION PERIOD 61 THE UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRONS IN WW II by Wg Cdr 67 Gerry Margiotta POST-WAR RAF RESERVES TO 1960 by Wg Cdr Jeff Jefford 79 THE RAuxAF TO 1960 by Sqn Ldr Tony Freeman 96 RECOLLECTIONS OF A REGULAR WITH A POST-WAR 110 RAuxAF FIGHTER SQUADRON by Air Cdre Ian Atkinson THE RAuxAF REGIMENT by Flt Lt Shane Guy 117 MEDICS AND MOVERS IN THE