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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air Marshal Sir Charles Steele (03227)
Charles Ronald b: 9 Nov 1897 r: 26 Feb 1952 d: 14 Feb 1973
KCB - 1 Jan 1951 (CB - 1 Jan 1944), DFC - 2 Nov 1918, MiD - 1 Jan 1941, DL (Cambridgeshire) - 14 Feb 1962, GI(s)C - 12 Mar 1943, LoH, Cdr - xx xxx 1946, C de G (F) - xx xxx 194?, Cwn-P (Cdr) - 11 Jul 1947, C de G (B) (P) - 11 Jul 1947.
(Army):- 2 Lt: 21 Jan 1916, (T) Lt: 26 Jul 1917, (T) Capt: 15 Nov 1917.
(RAF):- (T) Capt [Lt]: 1 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Jan 1923, Sqn Ldr: 30 Jun 1931, Wg Cdr: 1 Apr 1937, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Mar 1940, Act A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1941?, Gp Capt (WS): 1 Jun 1942, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Nov 1942, Gp Capt: 20 Nov 1942 [1 Apr 1942], Act AVM: 1 May 1943, A/Cdre (WS): 1 May 1944, (T) AVM: 1 Jun 1944, A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1944, AVM: 1 Oct 1946, Act AM: 1 Jan 1950, AM: 1 Jul 1950.
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xx xxx xxxx: Attended
RMC Sandhurst.
21 Jan 1916: Officer,
Green Howards
25 May 1916: Pilot, No 15 Sqn RFC.
25 Mar 1917: Returned to Home Establishment
xx Apr 1917: Instructor, Montrose and Turnberry
xx xxx 1917: Attended School of Special Flying.
15 Nov 1917: Instructor, School of Aerial Fighting, Ayr
21 Dec 1917: Attached, No 20 Sqn RFC.
12 Jan 1918: Returned to Home Establishment
2 Mar 1918: Flight Commander, No 48 Sqn.
22 Jul - 6 Aug: Officer Commanding (Temporary), No 48 Sqn
24 Aug 1918: Wounded
25 Aug 1918: Admitted to No 41 Casualty Clearing Station
26 Aug 1918: Admitted to No 8 General Hospital
2 Sep 1918: To England on AT 'Gloucester Castle'
xx xxx 1918: Instructor, No 59 Wing - Cranwell.
xx xxx xxxx: ?, Netheravon
28 Oct 1919: Granted a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flying Officer (effective from 1 Aug)
3 Dec 1919: Pilot, No 28 Sqn.
26 Mar 1923: Supernumerary, RAF Depot
3 Sep 1923: Staff Officer, HQ No 10 Gruop.
27 May 1924: Air Staff, HQ No 1 Group.
4 Jun 1926: Attended RAF Staff College.
30 Jul 1927: Air Staff, No 1 (Air Defence) Group.
9 Feb 1930: Officer Commanding, 'B' Flight, No 47 Sqn, wef 21 Jan 1930
26 Jul 1931: Air Staff, HQ Transjordan and Palestine.
30 Oct 1933: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
17-20 Jan 1934: Placed on half pay list, scale A
21 Jan 1934: Attended Army Staff College - Camberley.
4 Jan 1936: Officer Commanding, No 18 Sqn.
6 May 1937: Air Staff, HQ No 3 Group.
25 Jan 1940: Staff, HQ BAFF
xx xxx 1941: SASO?, Rhodesian Air Training Group.
xx xxx 1942: SASO, HQ No 9 Group.
xx xxx - 9 Nov 1942: AOC (Temp), No 9 Group
5 May 1943: AOC, No 10 Group.
10 Jul 1944: AOC, No 85 Group.
15 Jul 1945: SASO, HQ British Air Forces of Occupation.
6 Jun 1947: AOC, AHQ Malta.
1 Jan 1950: AOC in C, Coastal Command.
Having attended Oundle School and completed his training
at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Green
Howards and was almost immediately seconded to the RFC,
On 1 July 1947 his area of responsibility was increased when control of RAF units operating from North African bases was transferred to AHQ Malta from No 205 Group in Egypt. He was invalided out of the RAF in 1952. He became Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridge in 1962.
Recommendation for the award of the Legion of Honour (France)
"STEELE, Charles Ronald, AVM, CB, DFC (Royal Air Force) - No.85 Group Headquarters
...has commanded No.85 Group since July 1944, having previously...No.10 Group. No.85 Group provided night fighter defence...the early days of the beachhead particularly, the squadrons...largely to the success of the operations by ensuring maintenance...addition, the Group has been responsible for the provision...Second Tactical Air Force and administers the airfield construction...successful coordination of the manifold functions of a...due to the skill of Air Vice-Marshal Steele."
(Source - Air 2/9645 Document is mutilated and the following is the best possible transcription.)
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