Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Arthur Hubert McMath
b: 16 Feb 1909 r: 4 Apr 1964 d: 21 Mar 1996
OBE - xx xxx xxxx,
(RAF): - Plt Off (P): 4 Jan 1934, Fg Off: 4 Jan 1935, Act Flt Lt: 1 Feb 1938, Flt Lt: 14 Apr 1939, (T) Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1940, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Sep 1941, Sqn Ldr: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Jan 1940], Act Gp Capt: 3 Nov 1944, Wg Cdr (WS): 3 Apr 1945, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1947, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1950, Act A/Cdre: 17 Jun 1958, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1959.
Photo - courtesy of his family via Merry Bell
20 Mar 1933: Appointed to a Commission in the the RAFO (Class AA2)
4 Jan 1934: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the Stores Branch.
xx xxx 1934: U/T Stores Officer.
28 Jul 1934: Stores Officer, RAF Hendon.
xx Nov 1935:
Stores Officer, No 602
(City of Glasgow) Sqn, Auxiliary Air Force
4 May 1936: Stores Officer, No 2 Stores (Ammunition) Depot.
xx xxx 1936: Supernumerary, RAF Depot
24 Oct 1936: Equipment Officer, Aircraft Depot - Iraq
21 Feb 1939: Equipment Officer, No 2 Maintenance Unit.
xx xxx xxxx: Attended RAF Staff College
6 Jan 1941: Maintenance Staff Officer, HQ No 42 Group
30 Jan 1944: Administrative Staff Officer, Supreme HQ South East Asia
xx xxx xxxx:
xx xxx xxxx: Attended Joint Services Staff College
21 Aug 1950: Senior Air Staff Officer, No 42 (Maintenance) Group.
2 Mar 1953: Senior Equipment Staff Officer, HQ Fighter Command
21 Nov 1955: Senior Equipment Staff Officer, HQ Far East Air Force
3 Jun 1958: Director of Equipment (A)
18 Jun 1957 – 8 Mar 1960: ADC to the Queen.
6 Nov 1961: A/Cdre - Operations (Equipment), HQ Maintenance Command
Retired at his own request.
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