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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Ross Philip b: 22 Jan 1921 r: 7 Feb 1976 d: 29 Nov 1998
CBE – 1 Jan 1968, MiD - 14 Jun 1945, MA.
(RAFVR): AC2: 7 Mar 1941, LAC: xx xxx 1941, Plt Off (P) (Emer): 3 Dec 1941, Fg Off (P) (WS): 1 Jan 1943, Flt Lt (WS): 3 Mar 1944, Flt Lt: 1 Sep 1945, Act Sqn Ldr: xx Jan 1946,
(RAF): Flt Lt: 12 Mar 1947 [1 Sep 1945], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jul 1950, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1958, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1963, Act A/Cdre: 7 Aug 1970, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1972, Act AVM: 31 Jan 1974, AVM: Retained.
7 Mar 1941: U/T Pilot, enlisted in RAFVR, Oxford
xx xxx 1941: U/T Pilot, No 16 EFTS, Derby
xx xxx 1941: U/T Pilot, No 6 SFTS, Little Rissington
3 Dec 1941: Appointed to an Emergency Commission in the RAFVR.
13 Apr 1942: Attended No 32, 53 OTU (Spit), Llandow & Kirton in Lindsay, 13 Apr-22 Jun 43
5 Jul 1943: Pilot, A Flight, No 41 Sqn. (Spitfire XII/XIV)
21 Mar-8 Apr 1944: Attached, OATS, RAFC Cranwell for Junior Commanders Course
24 May-14 Jun 1944: Attached, FLS Milfield,
28 Jul 1944: Deputy Flight Commander, A Flight, No 41 Sqn
4 Jan 1945: Flight Commander, A Flight, No 41 Sqn
13 Feb 1945 Shot down by rear gunner of Me110 and captured, Werl, Germany
xx Feb-7 Mar 1945: POW, Dulag Luft, Oberursel
7 Mar-4 Apr 1945: POW, Stalag XIIID, Nuremburg
19-29 Apr 1945: POW, Stalag VII-A, Moosburg
24 Jan 1946: Officer Commanding, No 152 Sqn.
12 Mar 1947: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (retaining his existing rank under wartime rules)
1946 - 50 ?
3 Mar 1950: Air Staff - Intelligence, HQ, No 2 Group
xx Jan 1951: Attended No 9 Course, RAF Staff College, Andover (awarded the Symbol 'psa')
28 Apr 1952: Staff Officer to Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations).
28 Feb - Mar 1955: Officer Commanding, No 256 Sqn
3 Aug 1955: Officer Commanding, No 96 Sqn. (Meteor NF11)
29 Apr - 10 May 1957: Attached, School of Land/Air Warfare
20 Apr 1958: Directing Staff, RAF Staff College, Andover.
29 Aug 1960: Officer Commanding, Oxford University Air Sqn.
14 Dec 1962: Deputy Chief, British Military Mission, Berlin.
23 Jul 1965: Officer Commanding, RAF Valley/No 4 FTS.
19 Feb 1968: Directing Staff (Air), Joint Services Staff College.
7 Aug 1970: Air Attache, Moscow.
27 Nov 1972: Director of Personal Service 1 (RAF).
31 Jul 1974: Senior Air Force Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies.
No 41 was initially in Fighter Command and later 2nd TAF. No 152 was based at Tengah, Singapore. For two years after retiring from the RAF, he was Head of Airwork Services Ltd. in Oman. Returning to Britain in 1979, he was appointed Chairman of the Ministry of Defence Selection Board before becoming a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee until 1984.
This entry was last updated on 05/10/2603©
P R Harding
