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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air Commodore G C Bladon (06224)
Graham
Clarke
b: 13 Sep 1899
r: 22 Feb 1959
d: 11 Oct 1967
CB
– 13 Jun 1959, CBE – 1 Jan 1951, MiD – 19 Apr 1921, MiD
– 28 Oct 1921.
(RNAS):-
PFO: 30 Sep
1917, (T) Flt Sub-Lt: 29 Jan 1918.
(RAF):- Lt: 1 Apr 1918, Fg Off: 1 Aug
1919 [1 Apr 1918], Flt Lt: 1 Jul
1925, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1935,
Wg Cdr: 1 Nov 1938, (T) Gp Capt:
1 Mar 1941, Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1944,
Act A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1956, A/Cdre:
Retained.
xx xxx 1917: U/T Pilot, RNAS Cranwell.
xx xxx xxxx: Pilot, No 202 Sqn.
24 Mar 1919: Attached to IAR (No 2 AD)
26 Mar 1919: Pilot, No 25 Sqn
28 Aug - 2 Sep 1919: Admitted to Hospital
5 Sep 1919: Instructor?, No 46 Training Depot Station
12 Dec 1919: Awarded Short Service Commission in the rank of Flying Officer (Aeroplane).
13 Mar 1920: Awaiting disposal, HQ Mesopotamian Wing.
xx xxx 1920: Pilot, No 30 Sqn.
24 Mar 1922: Pilot, No 47 Sqn.
26 Sep 1922: Pilot, No 208 Sqn.
1 Nov 1923: Supernumerary, RAF Depot
1 Apr 1924: Pilot, No 420 (Fleet Spotter) Flight FAA.
?
1
Jan 1926:
Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant
8
Jan 1926:
Pilot, No 420 (Fleet Spotter) Flight FAA.
31 May 1926:
Officer i/c 443 (Fleet
Reconnaissance) Flight FAA.
24
Jan 1927:
Officer i/c, No 443B (Fleet Spotter) Flight FAA.
10 Jun 1928: Officer i/c, No 421 (Fleet Spotter) Flight FAA.
22 Sep 1933: Staff, RAF Base Singapore
1
Dec 1933:
Air Staff, HQ RAF Far East.
9
Apr 1937:
Officer Commanding, No 42 Sqn. (Vildebeest IV)
29
Dec 1938:
Air Staff, NC1, Deputy Directorate of Operations (Naval Co-operation)
3
Jan 1940:
Air Staff, Directorate of War Training and Tactics.
xx
Jul 1940:
Air Staff, TO 2, Directorate of Operational Training.
15
Apr 1942:
Air Staff, HQ Flying Training Command.
xx xxx xxxx:
18 Jan 1947: SOA, AHQ Malaya
1
Sep 1948:
SASO, No 62 (Southern Reserve) Group.
16
May 1950:
Air Force Adviser to the Government of Ceylon.
xx
xxx 1951 - 8 Oct 1958:
Commander, Royal Ceylon Air Force
Awarded RAeC Certificate No 6700 on 3 Mar 1918. On 10 July 1923 he was seriously injured whilst flying Bristol F2B, H1678 when he made a bad landing resulting in the aircraft overturning.
No 421 Flight was serving in the
Mediterranean when 443 Flight was split into two (A & B). 443A remained at
Leuchars whilst 443B was attached to the China station. Bladon was
detached from 421 in order to command 443B, returning to 421 when 443B was
reunited with A at Leuchars?
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