Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Cyril Bertram b: 28 Jun 1895 r: 12 Nov 1949 d: 27 Sep 1972
KCB - 12 Jun 1947 (CB – 5 Jul
1945), CBE - 1 Jan 1941, MiD - 22 Jan 1919, MiD - 11 Jun 1942.
(Army):
- (T) 2Lt: 5 Oct 1914. (T) Lt: 1 Sep 1916, (T)
Capt: 27 Sep 1916,
(RAF):
- Capt: 1 Apr 1918, (T) Maj:
20 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1924, Wg Cdr:
26 Nov 1935, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1939,
Act A/Cdre: 15 Jul 1940, A/Cdre:
1 Dec 1944, Act AVM: 6 Dec 1944,
(T) AVM: 1 Jan 1946, AVM:
1 Jan 1946, Act AM: 9 Apr 1947, AM: 1 Jul 1947.
Photo - Royal Aero Club
xx xxx xxxx: Cadet, Officer Training Corps.
5 Oct 1914: Officer, Royal Artillery.
15 Jul 1915: U/T Pilot, No 5 Reserve Sqn RFC.
10 Aug 1915 U/T Pilot, No 17 Sqn RFC.
9 Sep 1915:
Appointed
Flying Officer, RFC.
21 Sep 1915: Pilot, No 24 Sqn RFC.
xx xxx 1916: Pilot, No ? Sqn RFC (Egypt)
27 Sep 1916: Flight Commander, No
? Sqn RFC.
xx May 1917: Flight Commander, 37 Sqn RFC
xx Aug 1917: Flight Commander, 61 Sqn RFC
xx Oct 1917: Flight Commander, 75 Sqn RFC
20 Apr 1918: Officer Commanding, No
188 Sqn/RAF Retford
1 Aug 1919:
Awarded Permanent Commission as a Captain
31 Oct 1919: Staff Pilot, Inland Area Aircraft Depot
7 Mar 1922:
Staff, Aircraft Depot, India.
12 Dec 1923: Flight Commander, No 60 Sqn.
25 Jan 1924:
Officer Commanding, No 20 Sqn.
22 Oct 1925: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
xx xxx xxxx: Attended Specialist Engineering Officers Course, Henlow
29 Nov 1927: Flight Commander, No 503 Sqn.
25 Mar 1929: RAF Practice Camp, Sutton Bridge
1 Nov 1929: Officer Commanding, Night Flying Flight.
24 Oct 1931: Engineering Officer, Aircraft Depot, Iraq
22 Feb
1934:
Staff, No 2 (Apprentice) Wing, No 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton
26 Nov 1935:
Officer Commanding?, No 2 (Apprentice) Wing, No 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton
16 Dec 1935: Senior Engineering Officer, No 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton
1 Apr 1939: Officer Commanding, No 6 School of Technical Training, RAF Hednesford.
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to Technical Branch
15 Jul 1940: AOC, SHQ RAF Blackpool
16 Sep 1940: AOC, RAF Blackpool
30 Dec 1940: Posted to the Middle East
17 Feb 1941: Chief Maintenance Officer, HQ RAF Middle East.
17 Jun 1941: AOC, No 206 (Maintenance) Group.
Jul - Aug 1942: Senior Officer on HMT Queen Elizabeth in transit from Egypt to UK
xx Dec 1942: AOC, No 4 School of Technical Training, RAF St Athan
1 Jun 1944: Director of Technical Training.
6 Dec 1944: Director of Maintenance and Supply, Rear HQ, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
7 Jun 1945: AOC, No 43 Group.
xx Mar 1946: Director-General of Servicing and Maintenance.
9 Apr 1947: AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command.
He gained RAeC Certificate No 1516 on 6
August 1915.
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