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Air Vice Marshal K B Lloyd (04114)
Kenneth Buchanan b: 8 Nov 1897 r: 28 Oct 1949 d: 8 Aug 1973
CB - 9 Jun 1949, CBE - 1 Jan 1943, AFC - 2 Nov 1918, MiD - 20 Feb 1940, MiD – 1 Jan 1946.
(Army):- 2 Lt: 15 Sep 1915, Lt: 1 Jul 1917.
(RAF):- Lt: 1 Apr 1918, Capt: 1 May - 31 Jul 1919, Fg Off: 1 Aug 1919, Flt Lt: 1 Jan 1922, Sqn Ldr: 5 Nov 1930, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1937, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Mar 1940, Gp Capt: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Mar 1940], Act A/Cdre: 12 Jul 1942, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Jun 1943, Act AVM: 19 Oct 1944, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946, (T) AVM: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946, Act AVM: 1 Nov 1947, AVM: 27 Oct 1949.
15 Sep 1915: Officer, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
22 Nov 1915: Flying Officer (Observer), , No 10 Sqn RFC.
10 Jun 1916: Flying Officer, RFC
1 May 1919: Flight Commander, ?
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant
17 Dec 1919: Pilot (U/T), No 70 Sqn.
1 Mar 1922: Supernumerary, HQ Middle East Area.
27 Apr 1922: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
11 Jun 1922: QFI, No 2 FTS.
27 Oct 1922: QFI/Staff?, Central Flying School.
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21 Sep 1926: Pilot, No 70 Sqn.
21 Oct 1927: Staff, Aircraft Depot, Iraq.
4 Nov 1928: Staff, RAF Base, Calshot.
5 Mar 1929: Attended ? Course, RAF Base Calshot.
13 Sep 1929: Flight Commander, No 204 Sqn.
xx Dec 1930: Officer Commanding, No 204 Sqn.
6 Jan 1934: Officer Commanding, No 205 Sqn.
xx Apr 1934: Flight Commander, No 205 Sqn
xx Mar 1936: Officer Commanding, No 205 Sqn. (Southampton)
xx Nov 1936:
25 Jan 1937: Officer Commanding, RAF Mount Batten
19 Oct 1937: Officer Commanding, No 204 Sqn. (London, Sunderland)
11 Nov 1940: SASO, HQ No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group.
12 Jul 1942: AOC, AHQ Iceland
16 Sep 1943: Deputy SASO, HQ Coastal Command
19 Oct 1944: AOC, AHQ Malta.
6 Aug 1947: SASO, HQ Coastal Command.
He gained RAeC Certificate 2802 on 27 April 1916. In order to 'fly the flag' at the celebrations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Sydney in 1938, Lloyd led six Londons of 204 Squadron to Australia beginning on 2 December 1937. As a passenger, he carried Air Commodore Goble, a RAAF officer then serving on an exchange posting with the RAF as AOC, No 2 Group. Their flight ended on 25 January 1938 when five of the aircraft successfully landed in Sydney, the sixth having had to force land in the Bay of Bengal and be towed into Akyab. He was the brother of A/Cdre I T Lloyd
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