Glynn Silyn Roberts
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1959
NPG x91168
Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Glynn b: 2 Apr 1906 r: 20 Nov 1961 d: 26 Sep 1983
CB – 1 Jan 1959, CBE – 9 Jun 1949, AFC – 2 Jan 1939, MSc, FRAeS.
(RAF): - Plt Off: 11 Jan 1930 [11 Jan 1929], Fg Off: 11 Jul 1930, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1934, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Sep 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1944, Act A/Cdre: 8 Nov 1945?, Gp Capt (WS): 8 May 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1950, Act AVM: 23 May 1955 - 6 Feb 1956; 8 Mar 1956 - xx xxx xxxx; 27 Oct 1958, AVM: 1 Jan 1959.
Glynn Silyn Roberts
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1959
NPG x91168
11 Jan 1930: Appointed to a Permanent Commission.
11 Jan 1930: U/T Pilot, No 2 Flying Training School.
23 Dec 1930: Pilot, No 2 Sqn. (arrived 1 Jan 1931)
3 Aug 1932: Attended Officers Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot
8 Aug 1934: Engineer Officer, No 3 School of Technical Training (Men)
18 Dec 1936: Engineer Officer, HQ, Home Aircraft Depot
3 Dec 1938: Flight Commander, No 3 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit
6 Feb 1939: Engineer Officer, Aircraft Depot Iraq
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch.
xx xxx xxxx: ?
xx xxx 1948: Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ No 2 Group.
xx xxx xxxx:
8 Mar 1956: Senior Technical Staff Officer, HQ Bomber Command
27 Oct 1958: Director-General of Engineering.
Although the RAF quote his name as Silyn-Roberts his actual family name is Roberts and his family knew him as Silyn.
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