Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Keith Horace b: 2 Sep 1913 r: 19 Apr 1971 d: 4 Mar 2001
CB – 11 Jun 1966, OBE – 7 Jun 1951, MiD – 11 Jun 1942, MBIM.
(RAF): - Plt Off (P): 10 Jan 1938, Fg Off: 10 Jan 1939, (T) Flt Lt: 1 Sep 1940, (T) Sqn Ldr: 1 Sep 1941, Act Wg Cdr: 13 Jul 1943, Sqn Ldr (WS): 13 Dec 1943, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1944 – 1 Nov 1947, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jun 1944, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1949, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1956, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx 1961, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1962, Act AVM: 6 Sep 1965, AVM: 1 Jan 1966.
10 Jan 1938: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the Equipment Branch.
10 Jan 1938: Attended Equipment Training School
25 Oct 1938: Equipment Officer, No 55 Sqn
25 Aug 1939: Attached as Equipment Officer, No 203 Sqn
13 Sep 1943: Senior Equipment Staff Officer, HQ No 11 Group
15 Apr 1945: Staff Officer, Equipment Administration and Co-ordination, Air Disarmament Staff, BAFO/No 103 Wing
1 Dec 1946: Equipment Officer. HQ BAFO
xx xxx 1953: Staff Officer, SHAPE
1 Mar 1954 Logistics Staff Officer, Allied Air Forces Northern Europe
17 Oct 1955: Deputy Director of Equipment (2)
15 Sep 1958: Senior Equipment Staff Officer, HQ Bomber Command
1 Nov 1961: Director of Equipment (D)
6 Jul 1964: Air Commodore - Operations (Supply), HQ Maintenance Command
6 Sep 1965: AOA, HQ Maintenance Command
21 Sep 1968: Director General of Equipment (RAF)
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