• lieutenant) on 15 May 1918, to serve as an observer officer. Miller was posted to No. 18 Squadron RAF on 4 April, only days after the Royal Flying Corps...
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  • States Army during the American Civil War William Miller (RAF officer) (1892–1962), World War I flying ace Bill Miller (musician) (born 1955), Grammy Award-winning...
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    air from the German Luftwaffe. Douglas went on to be Air Officer Commanding in Chief of RAF Middle East Command in which role he was an advocate of Operation...
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  • RAF intervened once the family moved back to London, and he took up his place at Oxford in 1949, graduating in 1952. Upon leaving university, Miller began...
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  • Mitchell, DSO, DFC (11 March 1888 – 2 January 1964) was an Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who served in World War I and the Allies' North Russia Intervention....
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  • of them returned safely to the Russian RAF base. On 30th July, 1919, near Cherni Yar (Volga), these officers were pilot and observer respectively, on...
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  • process George Denholm, RAF fighter pilot. David Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham, naval officer Robert Gordon, RAF officer Sandy Gunn, RAF photo reconnaissance...
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  • Prior to the adoption of RAF-specific rank titles in 1919, it was suggested that the RAF might use the Royal Navy's officer ranks, with the word "air"...
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  • commissioned as a Pilot Officer (emergency) in the RAF on 22 January 1948, rising from a leading aircraftman. He was promoted to Flying Officer on 22 January 1950...
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    Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (category Royal Flying Corps officers)
    280 squadrons to around 28. It was also during this time that the new RAF officer ranks were decided upon, despite some opposition from members of the...
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  • Organisation – with the rank of air marshal Controller of Aircraft – usually an RAF officer with the rank of air marshal, though in 1989 it was held by a member...
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    Joan Hopkins took command of the station, becoming the first female RAF officer to take command of an operational station. During July 1990 the Type...
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    unfriendly troops. RAF Regiment officers occasionally surveyed Soviet positions by air from Avro Ansons, and the tour of duty of RAF Regiment detachments...
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    before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces. His civilian band, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was one of the most popular...
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  • Stewart remained in the RAF post-war, being granted a short service commission as a flying officer on 24 October 1919. He served in RAF Middle East, being...
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    referred to as "Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre". It is a senior RAF appointment, held by an officer holding the rank...
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  • Harry Day (category Royal Marines officers)
    during the Crimean War. He is also a descendant of George Miller Bligh, who was an officer on HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar. Day was sent...
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    rendered unusable by German air attacks, senior naval officer Captain (later Admiral) William Tennant initially ordered men to be evacuated from the...
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  • Sloan (58565), RAF. Cyril William Sweetman (162018), RAF. Robert James Trace (197610), RAFRO. Flying Officer William Henry Thick (2235182), RAF. Master Pilot...
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    into Operation Plainfare and brought in 146,980 tons or 27% of the RAF tonnage (Miller 1998 p. 40) The 28th and 307th Bomb Groups were deployed to England...
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  • Amyas Borton (category Royal Flying Corps officers)
    Borton was the second Commandant of the RAF College at Cranwell before becoming the Air Officer Commanding RAF Inland Area. Amyas Borton was born on 20...
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    Retrieved 2 April 2019. Bowyer, Chaz (1984). Fighter Pilots of the RAF 1939–1945. William Kimber & Co. Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0850527864. "Celebrating the First...
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    David Tomlinson (category Royal Air Force officers)
    Retrieved 15 October 2018. "14-STORY LEAP KILLS WOMAN AND 2 SONS; Wife of RAF Officer Ends Life After Attempt to Join Husband Is Thwarted". The New York Times...
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  • Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    appointed a General Staff Officer, 3rd grade on 5 February 1933, being promoted to General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (for RAF co-operation duties), on 1...
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    1920s. He was promoted to flying officer from pilot officer on 30 April 1921. In 1927, Lancaster transferred to the RAF Reserve (he continued to hold a...
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    research?] Based on Herodotus's account, British RAF Wing Commander John Foden and four other RAF officers travelled to Greece in 1982 on an official expedition...
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    failed to inform Admiral Holland. Smith was one of nine American officers assigned to the RAF as special observers. The Duplex pistol could be triggered either...
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    Marconi from 19 May 1933 before joining the RAF on a short service commission as an acting pilot officer in 1935. Following flying training, Tuck joined...
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    Royal Air Force (RAF), currently operating as the Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) for the RAF's Typhoon, presently based at RAF Coningsby in the English...
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    with a renaming of the RAF's areas, Kerr was redesignated General Officer Commanding South Western Area. He retired from the RAF in October 1918. He later...
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