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Air Vice-Marshal G B A Baker


G B A Baker - 1915George Brindley Aufrere BakerGeorge Brindley Aufrere    b: 25 Jul 1894                  r: 28 Jul 1946                        d: 23 Oct 1968

CB - xx xxx 1942, CBE - 2 Jun 1943, MC - xx xxx 1917, MiD - 11 Jul 1919, MiD – 1 Jan 1946, CdeG(F) - 18 Apr 1918, LoM (Cdr) - 16 Oct 1945, DL (Huntingdon) - 3 Jun 1952

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(Army): - (T) 2 Lt (Reserve): 14 Nov 1914, (T) Lt: 1 Jul 1916, (T) Capt: 27 Dec 1916, (T) 2 Lt (Regular): 3 Jan 1917 [23 Sep 1915], Lt: 12 Feb 1917 [6 Apr 1916]

(RAF): - Capt: 1 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1923, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1931, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1937, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1939, Act AVM: 16 Dec 1941, (T) AVM: 10 Jan 1941, AVM: Retained.

George Brindley Aufrere Baker

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1945
NPG x163832

© National Portrait Gallery, London

 

14 Nov 1914:           Officer, 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.

31 May 1916:           Flying Officer, General List, RFC.

xx Jul 1916:               Pilot, No 19 Sqn RFC.

27 Dec 1916:            Flight Commander, No 19 Sqn RFC. (Spad SVII – Western Front)

 3 Jan 1917:              Awarded Commission in Regular Army

xx Apr 1917:            ?

xx Jun 1917:             Flight Commander, No 23 Sqn

xx Oct 1917:            ?

xx May 1918:           Flight Commander, No 85 Sqn

19 Jan 1919:           Acting Officer Commanding, No 53 Sqn. (RE8 - France)

xx Feb 1919:

12 Sep 1919:            Pilot, No 210 Sqn. (Cuckoo – Gosport)

28 Oct 1919:            Granted a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (effective from 1 Aug 1919)

 8 Nov 1920:            Restored to the active list.

xx xxx 1921:             Staff Officer, Directorate of Training and Organisation.

 1 Sep 1922:             Supernumerary, School of Photography, RAF Farnborough.

14 Sep 1923:            Squadron Commander, No 2 School of Technical Training (Boys)., 

23 Aug 1924:            Squadron Commander, No 2 FTS.

 9 May 1926:            Attended RAF Staff College.

26 Aug 1927:            Officer Commanding, Heliopolis Details

15 Mar 1928:            Squadron Commander, No 4 FTS, Abu Sueir.

25 Feb 1930:            Air Staff, HQ Transjordan and Palestine.

14 Sep 1931:            Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

28 Dec 1931:            Attended Refresher Flying Course, No 24 Sqn.

10 Jan 1932:             Staff, RAF Base Gosport.

 5 Dec 1933:             Supernumerary, RAF North Weald.

14 Dec 1933:             Officer Commanding, RAF North Weald.

13 Dec 1934:            Leave, pending posting?

15 Jan 1935:             Attended Imperial Defence College.

22 Dec 1935:            Air Staff, HQ Fighting Area.

 1 May 1936:            Air Staff, HQ No 11(Fighter) Group.

 9 Jul 1936:               Director of Armament Development.

xx xxx 1940:             Deputy Director-General II/Head of Technical Department, British Purchasing Mission, USA.

12 Sep 1941:            SASO, HQ Coastal Command   

 1 Jan 1943:              AOA, HQ Technical Training Command

 1 Jul 1944:               Chief of Staff RAF (Air), Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.

 1 Dec 1945:             Director of Training (Plans).  

He was educated at Cheltenham and University School, Victoria, British Columbia.  In 1913 he was awarded a Class A studentship from the Law SocietyHe gained RAeC Certificate No 2729 on 6 April 1916.  After retiring from the RAF, in later life, he transcribes books into braille for the blind and his daughter Katharine became a doctor, founding the Katharine Dormandy Trust to help those with Haemophilia.

Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross

"BAKER, George Brindley Aufrere, Captain - No.19 Squadron.

(A) Flight Commander, (he has) led a great many offensive patrols and successful bomb raids and has set a fine example by his dash and initiative."

(Source - Air 1/1258/204/5/22488)

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