Richard Cecil Ayling
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 4 July 1962
NPG x163794
Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Vice-Marshal R C Ayling (37146)
Richard
Cecil
b: 7 Jun 1916
r: 11 Apr 1969
d: 27 Sep 1995
CB
– 12 Jun 1965, CBE - 10 Jun 1961
(OBE -10 Jun 1948), MBIM.
Act Plt Off (P):
16 Apr 1935, Plt Off: 16 Apr 1936, Fg
Off: 16 Nov 1937, Act Flt Lt: 16
Nov 1938, Flt Lt: 16
Nov 1939, (T) Sqn Ldr: 1 Sep 1940,
(T)
Wg Cdr:
1 Mar 1942, Sqn Ldr: 20 Nov 1942 [1 Sep 1940], Act Gp Capt: 18 Jul 1944?, Wg
Cdr (WS): 18 Jan 1945, Wg Cdr: 1
Jul 1947, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1952,
Act A/Cdre:
xx xxx 1958, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1959,
Act AVM: 22
Mar 1962, AVM: 1 Jan 1964.
Richard Cecil Ayling
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 4 July 1962
NPG x163794
16
Apr 1935:
Initial Officer Training, RAF Depot.
7
May 1935:
U/T Pilot, No 6 FTS.
6
Mar 1936:
Pilot, No 3 Sqn.
10 Mar 1937: Officer Commanding 'A' Flight, No 3 Sqn
14-16 Nov 1938: Attended SSC Officers Specialisation Examination, Hornchurch
16 Nov 1938: Flight Commander, No 3 Sqn. (Bulldog II/Gladiator/Hurricane)
23 Jul 1939: Attended Instructors Course, Central Flying School
xx xxx 1939: Instructor, No 7 SFTS
9 Feb 1940:
Seconded to RNZAF.
xx
Feb 1944: Officer Commanding, No 51 Sqn. (Halifax)
18
Jul 1944:
Officer Commanding, RAF ?.
4 Jan 1945:
Officer Commanding, RAF Sturgate.
xx
xxx 1945:
Attended RAF Staff College.
xx
xxx 1946:
Staff, Central Bomber Establishment.
1 Jul 1947: Air Staff, HQ Air Command Far East
1 Jun 1949: Air Staff - HQ FEAF Representative of Joint Planning Staff
21 May 1951:
Staff, Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)/(1).
18 Aug 1952: Deputy Director of Policy
(Air Staff).
xx
xxx 1955:
Officer Commanding, RAF Marham.
16
Mar 1956:
Officer Commanding, RAF Bassingbourn.
xx
xxx 1958:
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (?).
11
Jan 1960:
Director of Organisation (Establishments).
22
Jan 1962:
SASO, HQ Flying Training Command.
xx
xxx 1965:
Staff, MoD.
1
Nov 1966:
AOA, HQ Transport/Air Support Command.
Commanded stations in Bomber Command. In 1946 he was a member of the crew of a Lincoln of the Central Bomber Establishment which undertook a liaison mission to Australasia.
Following retirement, he became an Adjudicator for Immigration Appeals
from 1970 until 1988.
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