Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Air Vice-Marshal E H Macey (4159730)

Eric Harold                 b:  9 Apr 1936                        r:  9 Apr 1991                        d: 27 Aug 2023

OBE – 1 Jan 1975.

Cdt Plt:  10 Nov 1954, Act Plt Off (P):  23 Feb 1955, Plt Off:  23 Feb 1956, Fg Off:  23 Feb 1957, Flt Lt:  23 Aug 1960, Sqn Ldr:  1 Jan 1966, Act Wg Cdr:  14 Dec 1970, Wg Cdr:  1 Jan 1971, Gp Capt:  1 Jul 1975, Act A/Cdre:  17 Nov 1979, A/Cdre:  1 Jan 1980, Act AVM:  18 Jan 1985, AVM:  1 Jul 1985.

10 Nov 1954:          Cadet Pilot.

23 Feb 1955:           Granted a Direct Commission (12 +4)

xx xxx xxxx:             Pilot, No 263 Sqn

xx xxx xxxx:             Pilot, No 1 Sqn

xx xxx 1959:            Pilot, 214 Sqn

xx xxx xxxx:             Attended Vulcan Conversion Course, No 230 OCU

1963                        Pilot, No 101 Sqn. (Vulcan)

xx xxx xxxx:             Training Officer, No 101 Sqn. (Vulcan)

xx xxx xxxx:             Flight |Commander, No 101 Sqn. (Vulcan)

xx Jan 1966:             Attended RAF Staff College.

23 Jan 1967:            Air Staff, Directorate of Operational Requirements (3).

1967 - 70                ?

14 Dec 1970:           Officer Commanding, No 101 Sqn.

21 Jan 1972:            Chief Instructor, No 230 OCU (Vulcans – Scampton)

10 May 1974:          Assistant Secretary, Chiefs of Staff Secretariat.

xx Oct 1975:           Officer Commanding, RAF Waddington.

 7 Oct 1977:            Staff, Chief of the Defence Staff.

17 Nov 1979:          SASO, HQ RAF Germany.

xx Jan 1983:            Attended Royal College of Defence Studies.

 9 Mar 1984:           Director of Defence Commitments (Rest of World).

18 Jan 1985:            AOC & Commandant, RAF College.

 8 Sep 1987:            Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy and Nuclear).

10 Feb 1989:           Director-General of Training.

He was educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School after which he joined the Ministry of Supply as an Assistant Scientific Officer spending a period as a civilian flight test observer at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down from 1953 before joining the RAF in 1954.

On May 25 1960 he was the co-pilot of a Valiant which took part in the first non-stop UK-Singapore flight. After refuelling from other Valiant tankers over Cyprus and Karachi, his aircraft arrived at RAF Tengah, Singapore, a distance of 8,100 miles (13,053km), which was covered in 15 hours 35 minutes.

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