Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Air Commodore J P Coleman

John (Jack?) Patrick                 b: 21 Aug 1894                     r: 21 May 1946                    d: 21 Jul 1976

CBE - 1 Jan 1944, AFC - 1 Jan 1919, MiD - 3 Jun 1918.

(RNAS):- (P) Flt Sub Lt: 19 Mar 1915, Flt Sub Lt: 7 Aug 1915 [19 Mar 1915] Flt Lt: 1 Apr 1916, Flt Cdr: 31 Dec 1917.

(RAF):- (T) Capt [Lt]: 1 Apr 1918, (T) Maj: 8 Aug 1918, Act Maj: 1 May 1919, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jul 1927, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1934, Gp Capt: 1 Nov 1938, Act A/Cdre: 16 Apr 1942?, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Jun 1943, A/Cdre: Retained.

1915 - 1916             Pilot, No 5 Sqn RNAS

1916                        Pilot, 8 Flt, 'B' Sqn, No 5 Wing RNAS/RNAS Westgate?

xx xxx xxxx:              Flight Commander?, RNAS Killingholme

 8 Aug 1918:            Officer Commanding, No ? Sqn. (South Shields?)

 1 Aug 1919:            Awarded Permanent Commission as a Captain

18 Oct 1919:           Transferred to Unemployed List.

xx xxx 1920:            Awaiting disposal, HQ Middle East Area.

25 Jul 1920:             Flight Commander, No 56 Sqn.

 8 Sep 1922:            Supernumerary, Aircraft Depot, Egypt.

26 Sep 1922:           Officer i/c Detached Flight, Constantinople

 1 Nov 1922:           Officer i/c Detached Flight, No 56 Sqn Constantinople

25 Aug 1923:           'C' Flight Commander, No 56 Sqn. (UK)

xx Feb 1924:            Posted to the Air Ministry

 5 May 1924:           Attended RAF Staff College.

14 May 1925:          Air Staff, HQ Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force.

18 Jul 1927:             Air Staff, HQ Air Defence Group.

25 Aug 1927:           Air Staff, HQ No 1 Air Defence Group.

29 Aug 1927:           Command Examining Officer, HQ ADGB.

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 2 Jan 1931:             Supernumerary, No 6 Sqn. (arrived 16 Jan 1931)

 1 Feb 1931:            Officer Commanding, No 6 Sqn.

 1 Feb 1934:            Leave in Austria

 5 Apr 1934:            Officer Commanding, No 2 Armoured Car Company.

 2 Dec 1934:            Staff Officer, Directorate of Organisation.

xx xxx 1938:            Deputy Director? of Volunteer Reserve Expansion.

16 Oct 1939:           Supernumerary, HQ Coastal Command.

 1 Nov 1939:           Officer Commanding, Coastal Command Landplane Pilots' Pool/RAF Silloth

16 Apr 1942:           AOA, AHQ Iraq & Persia.

xx xxx 1943:            AOC, No 214 Group.

21 Feb 1944:           AOC, AHQ Levant.

25 Nov 1944:

He gained RAeC Certificate No 1233 on 12 May 1915. 

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