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Air Commodore J D Miller (32015)


John Douglas                b: 18 Jun 1910             r: 15 Jul 1958              d: xx Apr 1998

CBE – 8 Jun 1940, MiD - 1 Jan 1943, MiD - 2 Jun 1943, MiD - 14 Jan 1944. .

Plt Off (P)?: 10 Apr 1931, Plt Off: 10 Apr 1931, Fg Off: 10 Oct 1932, Flt Lt: 1 Apr 1936, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1941, Act Gp Capt: 27 Aug 1942?, Wg Cdr (WS): 27 Feb 1943, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1944, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1954.

25 Apr 1931:       U/T Pilot, No 3 FTS.

27 Mar 1932:       Pilot, No 43 Sqn.

xx xxx 1934:         Adjutant, No 43 Sqn

xx xxx 1935:          Air Pilotage Officer, No 43 Sqn.

 7 Feb 1936:        Flight Commander, No 821 Sqn FAA.

 1 Apr 1937:        Flight Commander, No 824 Sqn FAA.

24 Dec 1938:        Supernumerary, No 1 RAF Depot

10 Oct 1939:        Officer Commanding, No 145 Sqn. (Blenheim If/Hurricane I)

15 Jun 1940:         Officer Commanding WSU, Jersey

27 Jun 1942:        Air Staff, AHQ Malta.

20 Dec 1943:       SASO, HQ No 224 Group

24 Feb 1945:        Officer Commanding, No 61 OTU/RAF Rednal

xx Jul 1945:          Group Captain - Training, HQ Fighter Command

xx xxx xxxx:         

25 Oct 1948:       SASO, AHQ Malta

27 Aug 1952:       Deputy Director of Plans.  

22 Feb 1954:       Director of Plans.

12 Jan 1956:        AOC, AHQ Gibraltar.

From 18 March to 18 April 1957, he acted as Force Commander of a goodwill mission to South America and the Caribbean.  This mission comprised four Shackletons of No 224 Squadron based at Gibraltar and covered a distance of 16,170 miles.

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