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Air Vice Marshal N L Desoer (07049)


Noel Lloyd                   b: 27 Dec 1898                     r: 1 Jul 1949                d: 21 Aug 1978

CBE - 14 Jun 1945, MiD - 28 Oct 1921, MiD - 1 Jan 1941, MiD – 1 Jan 1945.

(Army):- (T) 2 Lt (P): 16 Aug 1917, (T) 2 Lt: 31 Oct 1917.

(RAF):- Lt: 1 Apr 1918, Fg Off: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918]; 12 Dec 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Flt Lt: 1 Jul 1924, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1934, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1938, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1940, Act A/Cdre: 8 Mar 1943?, Gp Capt (WS): 8 Oct 1943, Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1943, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1943, Act AVM: 29 Sep 1944 - 28 May 1946, A/Cdre (WS):  29 Sep 1945, AVM: Retained.

16 Aug 1917:          Officer, ?

31 Oct 1917:           Flying Officer, RFC.

1918 - 19                ?

18 Sep 1919:           Transferred  to Unemployed List

12 Dec 1919:          Awarded Short Service Commission in the rank of Flying Officer (Aeroplane).

18 May 1920:          Awaiting disposal, HQ Mesopotamian Wing.

16 Jun 1920:            Pilot, No 30 Sqn. (DH9A)

 4 Jul 1921:              Pilot, No 207 Sqn.

21 Nov 1921:          Pilot, No 2 Sqn. (Bristol F2B)

23 Feb 1923:           Flight Commander, No 2 Sqn.

 8 Nov 1926:           Officer Commanding, Coast Defence Co-operation Flight, Armament and Gunnery School.

20 Oct 1928:           Flight Commander, No 20 Sqn. (Bristol F2B)

17 Jun 1930:           Attached for duty as Liaison Officer, Fordham's Force, Sharsadda

 7 Jul 1930:              Staff, HQ No 1 (Indian Wing) Station, Kohat.

26 Mar 1932:           Flight Commander, No 28 Sqn. (Wapiti)

 7 Jun 1934:             Air Staff, Directorate of  Organisation.

 6 Jul 1935:              Officer Commanding, No 2 Sqn. (Audax, Hector)

21 Jan 1938:            Attended Army Staff College, Camberley.

21 Aug 1939:           Senior Personnel Staff Officer, HQ No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group.

24 Aug 1939:            Air Staff, HQ Air Component of the RAF.

 6 Jun 1940:              Supernumerary, HQ HQ No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group (for duty with HQ Home Forces)

xx xxx 1940:            Officer Commanding, No ? Wing. (Lysanders)

25 Nov 1940:           SASO, No 71 (Army Co-operation) Group.

 6 Aug 1942:            Air Staff, HQ Air Forces in India.

16 Nov 1943,          Air Staff, HQ Air Command, South-East Asia.

16 Aug 1944:           AOC, No 225 (Composite) Group.

 4 May 1945:           SASO, HQ RAF Burma.

  1 Jun 1945:            SASO, AHQ Burma.

 1 Oct 1945:            ? (relinquished 28 May 1946)

26 Aug 1946:           Director of Combined Operations (Air).

After retiring, he spent 17 years as a member of the team which wrote the Official History 'War Against Japan'

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