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Air Vice Marshal E B Addison


AVM E B AddisonEdward Barker

b: 4 Oct 1898               r: 29 Apr 1955                  d: 4 Jul 1987

CB - 1 Jan 1945, CBE - 1 Jan 1942 (OBE - 8 Jun 1939 ), MiD - 15 Sep 1939,  MA, MIEE, LoM (Cdr) -  10 Jan 1947.

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(T) 2 Lt: 22 Jul 1918, Plt Off (P): 28 Jun 1921, Fg Off: 28 Dec 1922, Flt Lt: 10 Oct 1928, Sqn Ldr: 1 Apr 1936, Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1939, Act Gp Capt: 14 Oct 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1941, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx 1943, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1943, Act AVM: 14 Jun 1944, Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1944, (T) AVM: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1946, AVM: 1 Jul 1947.

Edward Barker Addison

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x163430

© National Portrait Gallery, London

 

22 Jul 1918:             Administrative Officer, RAF

21 Sep 1918:           Technical Officer, RAF

15 Jan 1919:            Transferred to Unemployed List

xx xxx 1919 - xx xxx 1921:     Attended Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

28 Jun 1921:            Awarded Short Service Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer on Probation

28 Jun 1921:            U/T Pilot, No 5 FTS

 1 Nov 1922:           Supernumerary, RAF Depot

15 Nov 1923:          Pilot, Aircraft Park, India

 1 Jan 1926:             Staff, RAF Depot.

16 Nov 1926:          Attended W/T Course, L'Ecole Superieure D'Electricite, Paris

25 Oct 1927:           Attached to RAE for special duty (School of Photography)

16 Feb 1931:           Signals Instructor/Officer, Electrical and Wireless School

 6 sep 1932:             Refresher Flying Course?, Central Flying School

30 Nov 1932:          Flight Commander, No 100 Sqn (Sidestrand - Andover)

26 Oct 1933:           Staff, Deputy Directorate of Manning

xx xxx xxxx:             Attended RAF Staff College

 2 Feb 1935:            'C' Flight Commander, No 36 Sqn (Singapore) (arrived Mar 1935)

 9 Jan 1936:             Senior Personnel Staff Officer, HQ RAF Far East.

20 Oct 1937:           Air Staff, HQ RAF in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.

 1 May 1939:           Air Staff (SASO?), HQ No 202 Group.

23 Feb 1940:           Staff Officer, Directorate of Signals.

24 Apr 1940:          Transferred to Technical Branch.

xx Jul 1940:            Assumed command of a Section at the Air Ministry to provide counter-measures to German radio beams

14 Oct 1940            Officer Commanding, No 80 Wing

22 Apr 1942:           Deputy Director of Signals

xx xxx 1942:            Director of Signals (Jul-Sep)

xx xxx 1943:            Director of Telecommunications (Jan-Mar)

 8 Nov 1943:           AOC (Designate) No 100 Group

 3 Dec 1943:            AOC, No 100 Group.

25 Apr 1946:           AOC, No 90 (Signals) Group.

 1 Mar 1949:           Director-General of Signals

 xx xxx xxxx:            Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Signals)

 1 Mar 1952:           SASO, HQ Flying Training Command.

In July 1940 he was given responsibility for overseeing the counter measures to the German radio beams, which been under investigation from the previous month.  In October this role was formalised by the formation of No 80 Wing at Radlett, with Addison being promoted to Acting Group Captain and given command of the new unit.

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