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Abbey, Roger Arthur Son of ... Abbey, and ... Blackler.	13.10.1914 Woolwich district, Greater London / London / Kent - 07.1993 Eastbourne district, Sussex	F/O 03.04.1939, seniority 02.11.1938 [23388] F/Lt. 03.04.1940, seniority 02.11.1939 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1943-01.11.1947	Education: LDS 03.04.1939 first commission Royal Air Force (Dental Branch) [non-permanent commission for 3 years] 03.04.1945 transferred to reserve and called up for Air Force service 03.04.1949 extension of service for 3 years (04.1956) still serving
Abbinett, Stanley	? -	W/O 01.09.1938 [350736]
Abbitts, Ralph Norman Married ((12?).1927, Edmonton distirct, Essex) ... Crisp.	21.01.1900 Edmonton district, Essex - died between 04.1956 and 1984	W/O 01.01.1939 [240370] P/O 14.03.1940 [43995] F/O ? (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (retd 18.12.1945) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1942-...	14.03.1940 first commission Royal Air Force (Technical Branch)
Abbott, Arthur Henry	? - died between 04.1956 and 1996	F/Lt. (RAFO) 01.04.1936 [27172] Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1940	02.11.1933 joined Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch)
Abbott, Frank Berkeley	? -	Lt.Col. (retd) Hon. F/Lt. (VR) 15.05.1939 DSO ? ?	served Indian Army
Abbott, Frederick Sumner	18.09.1900 Romford district, Essex - died between 04.1956 and 1984	F/Sgt. ? [345653] (Prob.) P/O 01.10.1940, seniority 17.09.1940 [44703] P/O 01.10.1941, seniority 17.09.1941 (WS) F/O 01.10.1941, seniority 17.09.1941 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (retd 04.01.1950)	17.09.1940 first commission Royal Air Force (Equipment Branch)
Abbott, Maurice Eldon Son of Charles Eldon Abbott and Bertha Dorothy Abbott, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.	1914 ? - 19.01.1942 (KIA) [age 28] [Alamein Memorial, column 247]	P/O 16.08.1938 [40167] Sq.Ldr. ? DFC ? ?	served Royal Air Force (General Duties Branch) ? transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers (RAFO) - 19.01.1942 148 Squadron
Abbott, Thomas Pringle	? - [04.1949 still alive]	(A) P/O 29.07.1939 [21365]	served Royal Air Force (Accountant Branch) < 04.1949 transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers (RAFO)
Abbott, Walter T	18.11.1911 Prestwich district, Lancashire - 1996 still alive	P/O 25.03.1943 [51229] F/O 29.01.1944 (A) F/Lt. ? (retd 13.03.1946)	25.03.1943 first commission Royal Air Force (Technical Branch)
Abel, Arthur George	? -	P/O 25.04.1939 [73056] Hon. F/Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1946 W/Cdr. 01.07.1949	Education: BSc served Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) transferred to Royal Air Force Education Branch 11.08.1953 - (04.1956) Administrative Staff (Educational), Coastal Command
Abel, Leslie Ernest	? -	F/O 28.05.1938
Abell, James Martin	03.09.1909 Hendon district, London - 08.1990 Surrey South-Eastern district, Surrey	F/O 24.08.1939 [90267] F/Lt. 03.09.1940 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (reld 10.02.1954)	served Royal Auxiliary Air Force Reserve of Officers (General Duties Branch)
Adams, Percy Francis	(03?).1891 Cardiff, Glamorgan -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 08.01.1930
Addams, James Ramage Married Ethel Mary Hickey (actress Arline Judge); one daughter, actress [Victoria] Dawn Addams.	08.03.1904 St Pancras, London - 1996 still alive	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 [16143] (T) W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.12.1941 (retd 03.07.1946) AFC ? ?	Education: psa 17.12.1924     first commission RAF (General Duties Branch)
Aiken, [Sir] John Alexander Carlisle Son of Thomas Leonard and Margaret Aiken. Married (1948) Pamela Jane (née Bartlett); one son, one daughter.	see: www.rafweb.org		Education: Birkenhead School
Allinson, Norman Stuart Son of late Rev. H.C.W. Allinson, Hinxhill, Kent; married 1928, Florence Muriel Hall (died 1975); one son one daughter.	19.04.1904 - 08.10.1984 Colchester, Essex	P/O 17.12.1924 [16144] F/O 17.06.1926 F/Lt. 14.05.1930 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 W/Cdr. 14.04.1942, seniority 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (A) A/Cdre. 01.03.1944? (WS) Gp.Capt. 01.09.1944 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1946 (T) Air Cdre. 01.01.1946 Air Cdre. 01.07.1947 Air Vice Marshal 01.07.1951 (retd 27.09.1956) CB 01.01.1946 ? MID 14.01.1944 ?	Education: Trent College; RAF, Cranwell; RAF Staff College (psa, 21.01.1936-12.1936); Imperial Defence College (idc, 01.1948-...) 02.1923 joined RAF; Flight Cadet,  'B' Sqn, RAF College. (Flt Cdt Cpl) 14.12.1924 - 1929 pilot, 13 Squadron 02.09.1929 - 1930 qualified at specialist armament course, Armament & Gunnery School 08.03.1930 - ? Armament Officer, Practice Camp, North Coates Fittes 01.10.1930 - 1932 Armament Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 20.07.1932 supernumerary, RAF Depot 18.09.1932 - Armament Officer, SHQ, RAF Boscombe Down 10.10.1933 - 1935 Department of Air Member of Personnel 22.05.1937 - 1938 CO 269 Squadron 12.04.1938 - 02.10.1938 HQ Coastal Command 02.10.1938 - 1940 Air Staff, Directorate of Training 1940 - 1941 Armament duties, Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production 15.12.1941 - 1943 Air Staff, GHQ Home Forces, HQ Army Co-operation Command 19.02.1943 - 1944 Planning Staff, HQ Middle East Command 01.03.1944 - 1944 AOC No 212 Group 1944 - 1944 AOC Force 438 11.09.1944 - 1945 Deputy SASO, HQ Middle East 1945 - 1947 Director of Operational Training, Air Ministry 19.02.1949 - 1951 AOC Rhodesian Air Training Group, Bulawayo, S Rhodesia 15.05.1951 - 08.09.1952 Director-General of Manning, Air Ministry 08.09.1952 - 05.04.1954 Director-General of Personnel (I), Air Ministry 15.06.1954 - 1956 Air Officer-in-Charge Administration, Flying Training Command DL Essex, 1964.
Arbuthnot, Terence John "Terry" Son of John Bernard Arbuthnot and Olive (Blake) Arbuthnot. Married, India, 20.4.1937, Karin Gunborg Sundgren (died 19.06.1983); one son, two daughters. Brother of Cdr. B.K.C. Arbuthnot, RN & Maj. M.H. Arbuthnot.	08.10.1906 - 31.12.1995 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	P/O 11.12.1926 F/O 11.06.1928 F/Lt. 01.04.1932 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 [16234] W/Cdr. 01.06.1940 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 09.10.1954) MID 08.05.1936 Mohmand operations, NW Frontier MID 01.01.1946 ? - CdeG 27.06.1947 Croix de Guerre (Belgium) LeoII 27.06.1947 ? OStJ (18.06.1937)	Education: Eton; RAF Cadet College, Cranwell 11.12.1926 first commission RAF - General Duties Branch 11.12.1926 - 1930 41 Squadron (Northolt) (17.08.1930 involved in mid-air collision with Sgt. B. J. Marsden in their Siskin aircraft whilst practicing formation flying) 01.09.1930 posted to E. & W. School, Cranwell, for a Long Signals Course 18.10.1932 - (1935) 20 (Army Co-Operation) Squadron (Peshawar) (Mohmand Operations, NW Frontier, India) (despatches) 1936 - 1937 Waziristan 10.1937 - 01.1940 CO 26 Squadron (06.1940) France
Arbuthnott, John St Clair Son of Donald Stuart Arbuthnott and Anne Elizabeth (Brand) Arbuthnott. Married first, 30.05.1932, Constance Clare Fairlie (died 16.11.1964). Married second, 14.03.1967, Catherine Wellborn Morgan (divorced).	27.08.1898 - 10.11.1984 Worthing district, West Sussex	Indian Army: Lt. ? (retd 23.01.1923) A/Capt. 11.06.1919-31.12.1919 RAF: F/O 12.09.1925 [22059] 02.09.1928, seniority 12.09.1927 F/ Lt. 01.02.1932 Sq.Ldr. ?	Education: Downside and Royal Military College, Sandhurst ? commissioned into the Indian Army 11.06.1919 - (11.1919) Company Commander, 3rd Battalion 151st Punjabi Rifles 12.09.1925 commissioned into the RAF - General Duties Branch [short service commission] 05.08.1935 transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A served World War II ? - 10.02.1954 Emergency List, RAF Reserve of Officers
Ardley, Ernest Lionel	06.02.1889 St George Hanover Square, London - died between 04.1956 and 1996	T/2nd Lt. 04.12.1915 [03121] F/O 03.05.1917 Sq.Ldr. 30.06.1931 (retd 03.10.1935) (WS) W/Cdr. 19.10.1943 (A) Gp.Capt. ? (reverted to retd < 04.1949)	04.12.1915 - 14.12.1916 training reserve battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 14.12.1916 attached King's Royal Rifle Corps 01.04.1918 first commission RAF 15.09.1939 - 06.10.1945 recalled on active service
Ashton, George Reginald	14.04.1888 Isle of Wight - died between 04.1956 and 1996	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 [13217] (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 14.04.1943) AFC ? ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF (07.1940) CO 98 Squadron 14.04.1943 - 01.04.1946 re-employed on active service
Aspey, Harold Edward Son of Archibald and Gertrude Aspey. Husband of Beryl May Aspey, of Warminster.	(03?).1916 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 27.02.1942 [age 26] [Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery, M.349]	Sgt. ? [525556] P/O (prob) 20.12.1940, seniority 11.12.1940 [45094] (WS) F/O (prob) 11.08.1941 (WS) F/O 20.12.1941 ? MID? ? [according to Chorley's "RAF Bomber Command losses"]	20.12.1940 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) ? - 27.02.1942 observer, 144 Squadron RAF [taken off at North Luffenham in Hampden I [L4178 PL-] for an operation against Kiel, but ran out of fuel on return and crashed 0300 into a railway cutting near Hexthorpe in the southern outskirts of Doncaster, Yorkshire]
Atcherley, David Francis William Son of late Colonel (Hon. Major­General) Sir Llewellyn W. Atcherley, CMG, CVO, and Eleanor Francis Micklethwaite; unmarried. Twin brother of Air Marshal Sir Richard L.R. Atcherley.	12.01.1904 York - 08.06.1952	F/O 19.03.1927 [05168] F/Lt. 05.11.1930 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 (A) W/Cdr. 1939 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 W/Cdr. 14.04.1942, seniority 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (WS) Gp.Capt. 14.12.1944 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1946 (A) A/Cdre. 14.07.1944? (T) A/Cdre. 01.01.1946 A/Cdre. 01.07.1947 Air Vice Marshal 01.07.1950 CB 08.06.1950 ? CBE 01.01.1946 ? DSO 26.05.1944 ? DFC 29.07.1941 ? MID 11.06.1942 ? MID 17.09.1943 ? MID 01.01.1945 ? GO LeoII 27.06.1947 ? Belg+P CdeG 27.06.1947 ?	Education: Oundle; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; RAF Staff College (psa, 1935) 1924 commissioned into the East Lancashire Regiment 1927 transferred to the RAF, No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand 1928 2 Squadron RAF 1929 - 1931 Flying Instructor, RAF College, Cranwell 1932 - 1933 28 Squadron 1933 - 1934 20 Squadron 1936 HQ 16 Group (Coastal Command) 1938 CO 85 Fighter Squadron 1940 CO RAF Station, Castletown 1941 CO 25 Night Fighter Squadron 1941 - 1942 CO RAF Station, Hawarden 1942 CO RAF Station, Fairwood Common 1943 CO 325 Wing (N. African Campaign) 1944 SASO 2 Group (2nd TAF) 1946 AOC 47 Group (Transport Command) 1947 Director of Air Support and Transport Operations (Air Ministry) 1948 - 1950 Commandant, Central Fighter Establishment 1950 - 1952 SASO, Fighter Command 1952 - 08.06.1952 Air Officer Commanding No. 205 Group, Middle East Air Force [mysteriously disappeared whilst flying a Meteor FR10 from Fayid in Egypt bound for Cyprus; his aircraft never arrived in Cyprus]
Atcherley, [Sir] Richard Llewellyn Roger Son of late Colonel (Hon. Major­General) Sir Llewellyn W. Atcherley, CMG, CVO,  and Eleanor Francis Micklethwaite; unmarried. Twin brother of Air Vice Marshal D.F.W. Atcherley.	11.01.1904 York - 18.04.1970 [Camberley, Surrey ?]	P/O 31.07.1924 [16140] F/O 31.01.1926 F/Lt. 13.11.1929 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 W/Cdr. 20.11.1942, seniority 01.10.1941 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (WS) Gp.Capt. 09.07.1944 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1946 (A) A/Cdre. 09.01.1944? (T) A/Cdre. 01.01.1946 A/Cdre. 01.07.1947 (A) Air Vice Marshal 31.01.1949 Air Vice Marshal 01.01.1951 (A) Air Marshal 20.12.1955 Air Marshal 01.05.1956 (retd 04.04.1959)   KBE 31.05.1956 ? CB 08.06.1950 ? CBE 05.07.1945 ? OBE 01.01.1941 ? AFC 1940 ? AFC 24.09.1941 ? MID 17.03.1941 ? MID 11.06.1942 ? MID 01.01.1945 ?   NorWC 18.12.1942 ?	Education: Oundle; RAF College, Cranwell; RAF Staff College (psa, 01.1937-01.1938) 1922     Flight Cadet, A Squadron, RAF College 31.07.1924 - 1925 Pilot/QFI, 29 (Fighter) Squadron (Snipes-Duxford) 26.10.1925 - 1926 Pilot/QFI, 23 (Fighter) Squadron (Snipes-Henlow) 04.08.1926 - 1928 Central Flying School Instructor 06.10.1928 - 1929 High Speed Flight for Schneider Trophy race; won King's Cup Air Race with Flight Lt Stainforth, 1929 10.10.1929 - 1929 QFI, Central Flying School 09.12.1929 - 1930 Flight Commander, 23 (F) Squadron (Kenley) 13.10.1930 - 1934 Flight Commander, 14 Squadron (Amman, Jordan) 09.1934 - 1937 test pilot, RAE Farnborough 01.01.1938 - 1939 Air Staff, HQ Training Command:  01.07.1939 - 1939 Air Staff Officer to Inspector-General of the RAF 10.1939 - 1940 OC 219 Night Fighter Squadron 1940     Norway, Garrison Commander Badu­Foss (Narvik) 1940     OC RAF Station, Drem 1941     OC No. 54 Night Fighter OTU Church Fenton 1942     Sector Commander, Fairwood Common 1942     Sector Commander, Kenley 11.04.1943     AOC 211 Group Desert Air Force (Tripoli) 1944     Group Captain, Training, HQ Fighter Command 1944     temporary Head & Deputy Head, Air Support Training HQ, AEAF 1945     Commandant, Central Fighter Establishment 1945     SASO, Commonwealth Tactical Air Force 09.1945 - 1948 Commandant, RAF College, Cranwell 31.01.1949 - 1951 Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force 01.06.1951 - 1953 AOC No. 12 Group, Fighter Command 1953 - 12.1955 Commander Royal Air Force Staff, British Joint Services Mission, Washington 20.12.1955 - 1958 AOC-in-Chief, Flying Training Command Co­ordinator, Anglo American Community Relations, 1959-1961; Sales Director, Folland Aircraft Co., 1959-1965.
Axworthy, Rupert Leslie Clifford Son of Vernon Clifford Axworthy, and Iris Margery Leslie Staples.	30.12.1917 Salisbury district, Wiltshire - 12.02.1941 [Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan, 1.B.9]	(A) P/O (prob) 07.05.1938 [40659] P/O 07.05.1939 F/O 03.09.1940