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Air Commodore F C Padfield (201553)


Francis Clare           b:   30 Oct 1922                      r:   30 Oct 1977                      d: 15 Jan 2004

CBE – 14 Jun 1975, BSc, CEng, FIEE,. FRAeS

RAFVR: AC2: xx xxx xxxx, AC1: xx xxx xxxx, LAC: xx xxx xxxx, Cpl: xx xxx xxxx, Plt Off (P): 13 Dec 1945, Fg Off (WS): 19 Sep 1947,

RAF: Plt Off: 18 Sep 1947 [6 Jan 1946], Fg Off: 19 Sep 1947 [7 Jan 1947], Flt Lt: 15 Dec 1949, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1956, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1962, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1967, Act A/Cdre: 24 Dec 1971, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1972

xx xxx 1942:                  Radar Mechanic

13 Dec 1945:               Appointed to an Emergency Commission in the Technical Branch

xx xxx 1946:                 Signals Officer, RAF Chigwell  

18 Sep 1947:               Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the Technical Branch in the rank of Plt Off

28 Oct 1947:               Assumed, with effect from  the date of recall to the active list, the seniority as a Fg Off of 7 Jul 1946

xx xxx 1949:                Attended Queen's University, Belfast

xx xxx xxxx:                  Chief Instructor, RAF Technical College, Henlow

xx xxx xxxx:                  Skynet Operational Programmes Director, MOD

xx xxx xxxx:                  Officer Commanding, RAF Locking

24 Dec 1971:               Director of Signals (Air)

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