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Air Commodore D Iron


Douglas                 b: 1 Aug 1893                     r: 15 Nov 1945                    d: 15 Mar 1983

CBE - 8 Jun 1944 (OBE - 3 Jun 1919).

(RNAS):- (P) Flt Sub-Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Flt Sub-Lt: 16 Sep 1914, Flt Lt: 7 May 1915, Flt Cdr: 31 Dec 1916.

(RAF):- Capt: 1 Apr 1918, Act Lt Col: xx Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1924, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1931, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1941, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx 1943, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1944, A/Cdre: Retained. 

18 Sep 1913:          U/T Pilot, Farnborough

xx xxx 1914:           Pilot, Isle of Grain Air Station

1915                      Pilot, Dundee Air Station

xx xxx 1916:           Pilot, Malta Seaplane Station

xx xxx 1917:           Pilot, Killingholme Air Station.

1918                      Pilot, Burgh Castle Air Station

1918                      Pilot, Yarmouth Air Station

xx xxx 1918:          GSO 1 (Air)

 1 Aug 1919:          Awarded Permanent Commission as a Captain

28 Feb 1920:         Personnel Staff, HQ Mediterranean District.

 1 Apr 1920:          Personnel Staff, HQ Mediterranean Group.

 1 Apr 1922:          Personnel Staff, HQ RAF Mediterranean.

23 Jan 1924:          Staff/QFI, No 2 FTS.

12 Jan 1925:          P.2, Directorate of Personal Services.

xx xxx xxxx:           Staff, Deputy Directorate of Manning.

 4 Mar 1929:         Attended Flying Boat Pilots Course?, RAF Base, Calshot.

23 Sep 1929:         Officer i/c Flying Section, RAF Base, Gosport.

20 Aug 1931:        ?

21 Sep 1931:         Attended Senior Officer's Technical Course, Portsmouth.

28 Nov 1931:        OC Flying, HMS Furious.

15 Jan 1935:          Attended RN Staff College, Greenwich.

 4 Jan 1936:           Officer Commanding, RAF Eastleigh.

 1 Mar 1937:          Officer Commanding, No 3 FTS.

xx xxx xxxx:            Officer Commanding, No 37 SFTS

xx Dec 1943:          AOA, HQ 4 Training Command, RCAF.

12 Jun 1944:           AOC, No 51 (Training) Group.

He was awarded RAeC Certificate No 1989 on 28 October 1914.  He was also involved in Torpedo dropping tests during WW1, during which a torpedo exploded whilst he was dropping it or in flight?, from which he miraculously escaped.

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