Peter Dicken Cracroft
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x166795
Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Vice-Marshal P D Cracroft (24068)
Peter Dicken b: 29 Nov 1907 r: 29 Dec 1927 d: 27 Jul 2003
CB – 10 Jun 1954, AFC – 1 Jan 1932, MiD - 2 Jun 1943.
Plt Off (P): 19 Mar 1927, Plt Off: 5 Apr 1928, Fg Off: 19 Sep 1928, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1933, Sqn Ldr: 1 Aug 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jun 1942, Wg Cdr: 1 Dec 1943, Act A/Cdre: 8 Aug 1945?, Gp Capt (WS): 8 Feb 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Oct 1946, Act A/Cdre: 12 Jul 1950, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1951, Act AVM: 15 Oct 1953, AVM: 1 Jul 1954.
Peter Dicken Cracroft
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x166795
19 Mar 1927: Appointed to a Short Service Commission.
19 Mar 1927: U/T Pilot, No 5 FTS.
20 Feb 1928: Fleet Fighter Course, RAF Training Base, Leuchars.
1 Nov 1928: Pilot, No 405 (Fleet Fighter) Flight. (Flycatcher)
19 Aug 1929: Pilot, No 408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight. (Flycatcher)
28 Sep 1931: Attended Instructor's Course, CFS (Graded Category B)
15 Dec 1931: QFI, No 1 FTS, RAF Training Base Leuchars.
1 Jun 1936: Granted a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
xx xxx 1936: Adjutant, HMS Courageous.
5 – 9 Jan 1937: Placed on half pay list, scale B
26 – 31 Mar 1937: Placed on half pay list, scale B
xx Sep 1937: CFI, Oxford University Air Sqn. (Station Flight, Abingdon)
xx xxx 1939: Staff, RAF Mount Batten.
5 Feb 1940: Air Staff, HQ Coastal Command.
xx xxx 1941: Officer Commanding, RAF Chivenor.
xx xxx 1943: SASO, HQ No 19 Group.
28 May 1943: SASO, HQ No 17 (Reconnaissance) Group.
xx xxx 1944: Officer Commanding, No 111 OTU (Bahamas).
8 Aug 1945: Deputy SASO, HQ ACSEA/Military Governor, Penang.
8 May 1946: SASO, HQ No 19 Group.
xx xxx 1948: RAF Director/Officer Commanding, Joint Anti-Submarine School.
12 Jul 1950: Senior Air Liaison Officer, South Africa.
3 Nov 1952: AOC, No 66 (Scottish) Group.
15 Oct 1953: SASO, HQ Coastal Command.
1 Apr 1955: AOC, No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group/Senior RAF Officer, Scotland.
Spent most of his career in Coastal Command.
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