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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air Vice Marshal J G Elton
John Goodenough b: 5 May 1905 r: 29 Mar 1959 d: 16 Apr 1994
Plt Off (P): 1 Sep 1926, Plt Off: 11 Oct 1927, Fg Off: 1 Mar 1928, Flt Lt: 1 Jun 1932, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jun 1937, Act Wg Cdr: xx May 1940, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1940, Act Gp Capt: 16 Apr 1942?, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jun 1942, Wg Cdr (WS): 16 Oct 1942, Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1943, Act A/Cdre: 25 Mar 1945?, Gp Capt: 1 Oct 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1950, Act AVM: 13 Oct 1953, AVM: 1 Jan 1954.
1 Sep 1926: Appointed to a Short Service Commission.
1 Sep 1926: U/T Pilot, No 11 Sqn.
2 Apr 1928: Pilot, No 101 Sqn.
xx xxx xxxx: Signals Officer, No 101 Sqn.
12 Feb 1932: Officer Commanding, 'A' Flight, , No 36 Sqn. (arrived 14 Mar 1932)
7 Jun 1935: Embarked for the UK
4 Oct 1935: Officer Commanding, Coast Defence Development Unit.
1 Jun 1936: Granted a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
1 Jan 1937: Staff, RAF Gosport.
25 Oct 1938: Flight Commander, No 70 Sqn.
23 Oct 1939: Officer Commanding, No 47 Sqn.
21 Aug 1940: Staff, RAF Khartoum
xx Aug 1940: Air Staff - Operations, HQ RAF Middle East.
16 Apr 1942?: Officer Commanding, No 242 Wing.
xx xxx 1942: Officer Commanding, No 238 Wing.
xx xxx 1942: Officer Commanding, No 248 Wing.
xx xxx 1943: Officer Commanding, RAF Turnberry.
18 Aug 1943: Air Staff, HQ Coastal Command.
xx xxx 1944: Officer Commanding, RAF Silloth.
25 Mar 1945: AOA, HQ Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force.
1 Oct 1945: AOA, AHQ RAF Italy.
xx Jan 1947: Attended Imperial Defence College.
xx xxx 1948: Deputy Director of Operational Requirements (A)
xx xxx 1949: RAF Member, UK Delegation, Western Union Military Committee.
xx xxx 1951: AOC, RAF Halton/Commandant, No 1 School of Technical Training.
1 Apr 1952: Air Attaché, Paris.
13 Oct 1953: AOA, HQ Bomber Command.
18 Nov 1956: Chief of Staff to Chairman, NATO Standing Group, Washington.
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