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Air Commodore C B E Burt-Andrews (37379)

Charles Beresford Eaton   

b: 21 Mar 1913                     r: 17 Apr 1968                     d: 7 Jan 1995

CB – 2 Jun 1962, CBE - 1 Jan 1959.

Act Plt Off (P): 21 Oct 1935, Plt Off: 26 Aug 1936, Fg Off: 26 Apr 1938, Act Flt Lt (unpd): 15 May 1939, Flt Lt: 26 Apr 1940, (T) Sqn Ldr: 1 Jun 1941, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1942, Act Gp Capt: 16 Feb 1945?, Wg Cdr (WS): 16 Aug 1945, Sqn Ldr: 10 Dec 1946 [1 Jan 1941], Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1947 [1 Oct 1946], Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1954, Act A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1958?, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1960.

 21 Oct 1935:            ?

11 May 1936:            Pilot, No 2 Sqn. (Audax)

11 Mar 1937:            Pilot, No 28 Sqn. (Audax) (arrived 1 Apr 1937)

 6 - xx May 1937:            Admitted to British Military Hospital with Dysentery

20-22 Jun 1937:             Admitted to British Military Hospital with Dysentery

 4 Apr - 13 Dec 1938:             Attached to Aircraft Depot as Instructor to pilots for the Afghan Air Force

15 Dec 1938 - 16 Apr 1939:           Attached to AFS Ambala as Instructor with Afghan Training Flight

15 May 1939:            Reverted to Imperial Establishment on secondment to Kabul for training duties with the Afghan Air Force

23 Jun 1941:             Air Staff, HQ Air Forces in India

xx xxx 1942:             Served in Burma.

xx Dec 1942:            Officer Commanding, No 613 Sqn. (Mustang I).

xx Oct 1943:   

xx xxx 1943:             Served on Special Operations.

21 Aug 1945:            Air Attaché, Warsaw.

10 Dec 1946 :            Appointed to Permanent Commission in the rank of Squadron Leader (retaining rank current at the time) [wef 1 Jan 1941]

xx xxx 1948:            Attended RAF Staff College.

 1 Jan 1951:             Director of Administration, HQ Air Forces Western Europe (British Element).

21 Jan 1951:            Secretary-General, HQ Allied Air Forces Central Europe (British Element).

xx xxx 1953:            Directing Staff, RAF Staff College, Bracknell

xx xxx 1955:            Head of Far East Defence Secretariat.

xx Jun 1958:            Officer Commanding, RAF Bridgnorth

1 Oct 1958:             Commandant, Royal Pakistan Air Force Staff College.

 1 Jan 1962:             UK National Military Representative, SHAPE.

24 Apr 1965:           Deputy Commandant, RAF Staff College.

A South African.  He assumed command of 613 Squadron just as it re-equipped from the Curtiss Tomahawk to the North American Mustang I.

He was the first Commandant of the RPAF Staff College.

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