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Farthing, Benjamin Clifford	see:	RINVR section
Fuller, John Massey "Crash" Son of William James Fuller, and Valerie Thompson. biography at Flying Marines	22.01.1900 Christchurch, Hampshire - 24.08.1966	2nd Lt. 01.09.1917 Lt. 20.12.1918 Capt. 01.09.1928 Maj. 01.04.1937 Bt. Lt.Col. 30.06.1940 A/Lt.Col. 01.01.1942-03.04.1942, 26.07.1944-30.04.1945 Lt.Col. 04.01.1946 (retd 11.05.1948; medically unfit) A/Col. 04.04.1942-14.05.1942, 15.05.1942-09.09.1943, 10.09.1943-25.07.1944, 01.05.1945-09.06.1947 RAF:   (T) F/O 16.06.1924-12.10.1929 1914/18 and 1939/45 General Service War medals	10.10.1922 - 01.10.1923 Shipping Officer (Class FF) (temporary) [lent to the Army] 16.06.1924 - 11.10.1929 employed under the Air Ministry (awarded his wings 07.1925) 16.06.1924 - 08.01.1925 No. 1 Flying Training School, RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire 09.01.1925 - ? Flying Training School, RAF Leuchars 23.09.1925 - 24.10.1925 pilot, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) * 25.10.1925 - (05.)1926 pilot, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) * 23.09.1926 - 12.12.1926 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 13.12.1926 - (07.1927) pilot, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm) (miscellaneous Flights, lent RAF) 21.02.1928 - (06.1928) pilot, 464 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) (08.1929)     no appointment listed (04.1930) - (10.)1930 Plymouth division RM 1930 - (07.)1934 Portsmouth Division RM (Adjutant 1930-1933) ? - (02.)1935 Plymouth Division RM 1935 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), RM 19.06.1935 - 22.05.1939 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.05.1939 - (12.1941) Local Defence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1942) - (06.)1943 RM Divisional Artillery (08.1943)      HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth) ** 10.09.1943 - 07.1944 Senior Officer, Mobile Naval Airfield Organization (SOMNAO) [HMS President (Admiralty) (for duty with Director of Airfield and Carrier Requirements)] 09.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, 28th RM Battalion 01.05.1945 - 11.1946 Assistant Adjutant-General on staff of Commandant General RM (London) * Possibly 421 Flight FAA; changed Flights while at HMS Furious ** Indexed, but not listed as such

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