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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air
Commodore N R Buckle
Nevile Raby b: 4 Jun 1902 r: 2 Dec 1947 d: 14 Feb 1981
MVO - 23 Jul 1937
Plt Off: 6 Jan 1926, Fg Off: 8 Aug 1927, Flt Lt: 30 Jun 1931, Sqn Ldr:: 1 Apr 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Mar 1942, Wg Cdr (WS): 1 Sep 1942, Wg Cdr: 20 Nov 1942 [1 Oct 1941], Gp Capt: 1 Oct 1946, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx xxxx, A/Cdre: Retained.
6 Jan 1926: Appointed to a Short Service Commission
15 Jan 1926: U/T Pilot, No 4 FTS.
12 May 1927: U/T Pilot, No 11 Sqn.
xx xxx xxxx: Pilot, No 11 Sqn.
7 Oct 1927: Officer i/c Workshops, No 11 Sqn
17 Sep 1928: Pilot, No 100 Sqn.
11 Feb 1929: Attended Flying Instructors' Course, CFS
12 Apr 1929: Successfully completed Instructors' Course and categorised 'B1'
1 May 1929: Flying Instructor, No 2 FTS.
12 May 1930: Recategorised as a Flying Instructor from 'B' to 'A2'
5 May 1931: Pilot, RAF Upper Heyford Station Flight
xx Nov 1931: Officer i/c?, RAF Upper Heyford Station Flight
5 Dec 1932: Flying Instructor & Command Examining Officer, HQ ADGB.
1 Jun 1936: Granted Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
14 Jul 1936: Air Staff, HQ Fighter Command.
9 Aug 1938: Staff, Directorate of Communications Development.
24 Oct 1938 Head of RDQ 1, Joint Directorate of Research and Development
xx xxx xxxx: ?
xx xxx 1946:
Deputy Director of Operations.
Together with Flt Sgt Scott, he restored Sopwith Triplane N5912 for the 1936 Hendon Pegeant and following further refurbishment, it was placed in the RAF Museum in 1972, where it remains today. In 1938 he bought himself a Bristol Fighter (registered G-AFHJ ex F4587), however, it was destroyed by enemy action during WWII.
This page was last updated on 01/01/25©
W E G Bryant 
