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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Guy
b: 5 Nov 1908
r: 5 Nov 1961
d: 1 Nov 2005
CB
– 2 Jan 1956, MiD
- 1 Jan 1941, MiD
– 1 Jan 1946.
Plt
Off (P): 28
Jun 1929, Plt Off: 28 Jun 1930, Fg
Off: 28
Dec 1930, Flt Lt: 28 Dec 1934,
Sqn Ldr: 1
Feb 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Sep 1940,
(T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1942,
Wg Cdr
(WS): 1 Mar
1943, Wg Cdr:
25 Jan 1945 [1 Jun 1944],
Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre:
1 Jan 1953, Act AVM: 11 May
1956, AVM: 1 Jul 1956.
28
Jun 1929:
Granted a Short Service Commission.
28
Jun 1929:
Initial Officer Training, RAF Depot.
15
Jul 1929:
U/T Pilot, No 2 FTS.
17
Jun 1930:
Pilot, No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn. Aux AF
(DH9A/Wapiti)
16 Oct 1930 - 3 Feb 1931: Attached, No 608 Sqn, RAF Thornaby
18 - 30 May 1931: Attached, No 502 (Ulster) Sqn for Annual Air Firing Practice
26 Jul - 6 Oct 1931: Attached, No 600 Sqn AAF for duty as Adjutant
16
Nov 1931: Pilot, No 33 Sqn. (Hart)
5
May 1932:
Adjutant, No 33 Sqn. (Hart)
27 Feb 1933- 31 Jan 1934: Attended No 11 Squadron Armament Course, Air Armament School
26
Feb 1934:
Armament Officer, No 2 Armament Practice Camp, North Coates Fittes.
28
Jul 1934:
Granted a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flying Officer.
20
Dec 1934:
Armament Officer, A & A.E.E.
1
May 1936:
Group Armament Officer?, No 6 (Auxiliary) Group.
11
Feb 1937:
Armament Officer, Aircraft Depot, Iraq.
13
Mar 1938:
Armament Officer, HQ British Forces in Iraq.
13 Mar 1939: Supernumerary, No 1 RAF Depot.
5 Jun 1939: Officer Commanding, No 107 Group.
2 Aug 1939: Officer Commanding, 'B' Flight, No 107 Sqn
xx xxx xxxx: Staff Officer, No 6 Group
3
Oct 1940:
Staff Officer, T Arm 1, Directorate of Flying Training.
xx
xxx 1942:
Officer Commanding, No 3 Air Gunners School, RAF Mona/Wigtown.
xx
xxx 1944:
Officer Commanding, RAF Balderton.
27 Apr 1945: Senior Officer i/c Administrative, No 5 Group
15 Feb 1946:
SOA, RAF Malaya.
xx
Jan 1947:
Attended Joint Services Staff College.
5
Aug 1947:
Deputy Director of Organisation (Projects).
xx
xxx 1949:
Officer Commanding, Central Gunnery School.
3
Aug 1951:
SASO, Rhodesian Air Training Group.
16
Jan 1953:
AOC, Rhodesian Air Training Group.
3
Jun 1954:
Director of Organisation (Establishments).
11
May 1956:
AOA, HQ Technical Training Command.
Known
as ‘Smokey’, he was born at Headley in
Hampshire, the son of Lieutenant Colonel LC Bearne, he was educated at Newton
College, Newton Abbott, by a private tutor in Cologne and at Salesian School in
Franborough. On completion of his
flying training, he was posted to Thornaby with Flight Lieutenant C L Falconer
to assist him in the formation of No 608 (North Riding) Squadron of the
Auxiliary Air Force. On 8/9
November 1932, he sat the exam taken by Short Service Commission holders to
undertake specialisation training, successful completion of which would lead to
the award of a Permanent Commission, in his case he trained as an Armament
specialist.
He spent two years at the Air Ministry, where he was
responsible for the establishment and equipping of the airfields for the
numerous Air Gunnery Schools needed for the expanding service. As AOA TTC, he became the first President of TTC Youth Sports
Board for boy entrants and apprentices.
This page was last updated on 06/01/24
H I T Beardsworth 
