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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air Vice Marshal N L Desoer (07049)
Noel Lloyd b: 27 Dec 1898 r: 1 Jul 1949 d: 21 Aug 1978
CBE - 14 Jun 1945, MiD - 28 Oct 1921, MiD - 1 Jan 1941, MiD – 1 Jan 1945.
(Army):- (T) 2 Lt (P): 16 Aug 1917, (T) 2 Lt: 31 Oct 1917.
(RAF):- Lt: 1 Apr 1918, Fg Off: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918]; 12 Dec 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Flt Lt: 1 Jul 1924, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1934, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1938, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1940, Act A/Cdre: 8 Mar 1943?, Gp Capt (WS): 8 Oct 1943, Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1943, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1943, Act AVM: 29 Sep 1944 - 28 May 1946, A/Cdre (WS): 29 Sep 1945, AVM: Retained.
16 Aug 1917: Officer, ?
31 Oct 1917: Flying Officer, RFC.
1918 - 19 ?
18 Sep 1919: Transferred to Unemployed List
12 Dec 1919: Awarded Short Service Commission in the rank of Flying Officer (Aeroplane).
18 May 1920: Awaiting disposal, HQ Mesopotamian Wing.
16 Jun 1920: Pilot, No 30 Sqn. (DH9A)
4 Jul 1921: Pilot, No 207 Sqn.
21 Nov 1921: Pilot, No 2 Sqn. (Bristol F2B)
6 Apr 1922: Short Service Commission extended to seven years on the Active List
23 Feb 1923: Flight Commander, No 2 Sqn.
26 Nov 1924: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
8 Nov 1926: Officer Commanding, Coast Defence Co-operation Flight, Armament and Gunnery School.
20 Oct 1928: Flight Commander, No 20 Sqn. (Bristol F2B)
17 Jun 1930: Attached for duty as Liaison Officer, Fordham's Force, Sharsadda
7 Jul 1930: Staff, HQ No 1 (Indian Wing) Station, Kohat.
26 Mar 1932: Flight Commander, No 28 Sqn. (Wapiti)
7 Jun 1934: Air Staff, Directorate of Organisation.
6 Jul 1935: Officer Commanding, No 2 Sqn. (Audax, Hector)
21 Jan 1938: Attended Army Staff College, Camberley.
21 Aug 1939: Senior Personnel Staff Officer, HQ No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group.
24 Aug 1939: Air Staff, HQ Air Component of the RAF.
6 Jun 1940: Supernumerary, HQ HQ No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group (for duty with HQ Home Forces)
xx xxx 1940: Officer Commanding, No ? Wing. (Lysanders)
25 Nov 1940: SASO, No 71 (Army Co-operation) Group.
6 Aug 1942: Air Staff, HQ Air Forces in India.
16 Nov 1943, Air Staff, HQ Air Command, South-East Asia.
16 Aug 1944: AOC, No 225 (Composite) Group.
4 May 1945: SASO, HQ RAF Burma.
1 Jun 1945: SASO, AHQ Burma.
1 Oct 1945: ? (relinquished 28 May 1946)
26 Aug 1946: Director of Combined Operations (Air).
After retiring, he spent 17 years as a member of the team which wrote the Official History 'War Against Japan'
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