Event class: squadron, flying, no., raf, pilot, training, officer, posted, joined, promoted

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David Maltby	Maltby began his operational career with No. 106 Squadron RAF in June 1941, flying the Handley Page Hampden on five operations.
George Unwin	He remained in the RAF after the war and transitioned to Bristol Brigand aircraft in 1948.
Brian Eaton	To this he added the Distinguished Service Order and Bar in 1944 -- 45, gaining promotion to group captain and command of No. 239 Wing RAF in Italy.
Vladimir Kokkinaki	In April 1931, after a period of service in the 11th Fighter Squadron in the Moscow military district, he was transferred back to the Leningrad Military-Theoretical School as an instructor because of his pilot skills.
James Fitzmaurice (pilot)	On 28 October 1918, having completed his elementary training at Eastbourne, Fitzmaurice was posted to the No. 1 School of Fighting and Aerial Gunnery at Marske-by-the-Sea, near Middlesbrough.
John Cochrane (aviator)	Cochrane saw active service with No. 214 Squadron RAF during the Suez Crisis in 1956 when he flew bombing raids on Egyptian airfields from Malta.
Robert D. Knapp	Knapp went to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 92d Aero Squadron (Bombardment), in August 1918, but failed to see action in World War I due to a late shipment of propellers for his unit's Handley Page O/400 bombers.
Robert Alexander Innes	In 1945 he was posted to the Central Flying School and then to Hornchurch, before becoming the commanding officer of Glasgow University Air Squadron.
Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein	In the summer of 1985 he gained his RJAF wings and then underwent officer training with the Royal Air Force at Cranwell.
George Melville-Jackson	He rejoined the RAF in 1952 as a pilot, flying night fighters in Germany and England.
Peter Le Cheminant	An acting squadron leader by 1943, he was promoted to squadron leader (war-substantive) on 4 August 1943.
George Jones (RAAF officer)	After a short spell in civilian life following World War I, he joined the newly formed RAAF in 1921, and rose steadily through training and personnel commands prior to World War II.
Mark Henry Brown	After completing his flight training, Pilot Officer Brown joined No. 1 Squadron in February 1937.
Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)	In winter 1941, Johnson and 616 Squadron moved to training duties.
William Anderson (RAAF officer)	In January 1918, Anderson was given the temporary rank of major and posted to England to take charge of No. 7 (Training) Squadron AFC.
Chris Moran	Promoted to squadron leader in 1986, Moran was appointed as a flight commander on No.
Ian Dougald McLachlan	He was promoted to squadron leader on 1 February 1940, and led his unit to the Middle East on 15 July.
Zdzis?aw Henneberg	Henneberg temporarily took command of No. 303 Squadron RAF from Witold Urbanowicz on 21 September 1940.
John Beech Austin	Austin was rested in March 1944, having added a Bar to his DFC -- the citation praised `` his exceptional ability and attitude towards operational flying'', which had had `` an inspiring effect on his squadron''.
Jerry Pentland	Determined to leave the trenches behind after recovering, he volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and was discharged from the AIF on 21 February 1916 to take up his commission as a temporary second lieutenant in the RFC.
Peter Stanley James	On 14 April 1938, James joined the RAF VR as a Sergeant (pupil) pilot and began ab-initio flying training at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire -- flying the de Havilland Tiger Moth, Hawker Hart, Hawker Hind and Hawker Audax aircraft.
Ray Henault	In 1976, Henault was posted to 408 Squadron at CFB Edmonton, Alberta, to fly the CH-135 Twin Huey helicopter.
Stanley Goble	The AAF came into being on 31 March 1921 -- the' Royal' prefix being granted five months later -- and Goble resigned his commission in the RAF the same day to transfer to the new service as a wing commander.
Gordon Cochrane (pilot)	After attending an instructors' school, he spent the next 18 months teaching others how to fly multi-engined aircraft and was then posted to 156 Squadron, beginning operations again in June 1944.
John F. G. Howe	Four years after the Suez debacle Howe was promoted to Squadron Leader in July 1960 and appointed as Officer Commanding No. 74 Squadron RAF the' Tiger' Squadron, to introduce the first of the supersonic English Electric Lightning interceptors into service with the RAF.
Reginald H. Rusby	Although it would seem he was already serving as an observer/gunner in two-seater reonnaissance aircraft, Rusby was officially seconded for duty with the Royal Flying Corps on 21 January 1917.
John D. Eshelby	He left the RAF as a squadron leader on 4 October 1946.
Douglas Evill	On 5 November 1916 Evill was appointed the Officer Commanding No. 2 Squadron RNAS which like No. 1 Squadron was engaged in flying duties on the Western Front.
John Mortimer Warfield	In 1950 Warfield returned to the UK as Officer Commanding RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
Desmond J. Scott	In March 1944 he commanded the newly formed 123 Wing flying Typhoons, taking the unit to Europe during mid-1944, and becoming the youngest Group Captain in the RNZAF.
Edwin Benbow	He was appointed to be a Flying Officer (Observer), effective 10 March 1916, before being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps on 15 April 1916.
Peter Horsley	He received a permanent commission and was appointed adjutant to the Oxford University Air Squadron in 1948.
Aidan Crawley	He joined the Auxiliary Air Force in 1936, and was a trained fighter pilot at start of the Second World War.
Bobby Oxspring	Known as one of the Battle of Britain's great ace s, he was one of the fraction of The Few selected by Fighter Command to have a portrait drawn by Cuthbert Orde, sitting for it on 9 December 1940.
Dave Shannon	He was then assigned to transport duties, first with No. 511 Squadron and then, in March 1945, with No. 246 Squadron.
Eric Douglas Cummings	By May 1918, however, he was assigned to 2 Squadron AFC as a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.
John Doyle (RAF officer)	He finally reached a fighter squadron in March 1918, 18 months after joining the RFC and Major Balcomb-Brown noticing his very unusual many hours of flying picked him for 56 Squadron where he joined B flight commanded by Captain Cyril Crowe.
James Rowland (RAAF officer)	He was posted to Britain and served as a bomber pilot with the Pathfinders in the air war over Europe, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944.
Kenneth Cross	In December 1938 Squadron Leader Cross was appointed Auxiliary Liaison Officer at HQ, No 12 Group, Fighter Command.
Charles Warburton Meredith	C W Meredith AFC, in command of the Air Training Group (1941) Meredith was Air Officer Commanding of the Rhodesian Air Training Group, part of the Empire Air Training Scheme.
Fritz Anders	He would serve with this early fighter-bomber unit until he was transferred to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 34 in March 1917.
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria	93, 17, 59 and the Tirol Jäger Regiment No. 4, he was attached to IR No. 27 as an Oberstleutnant in 1903.
Charles Chapman (aviator)	He qualified as a pilot on 31 July 1915 receiving military flying training at Shorham before being posted to No. 22 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
John Salmond	Salmond learned to fly at the Central Flying School in 1912 and was awarded Royal Aero Club certificate No. 272 on 13 August 1912.
James Robb (RAF officer)	He was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force in 1919 and commanded No. 30 Squadron RAF in the Iraqi revolt against the British.
Tony Tuckson	He was later a flying instructor in Wirraway aircraft and was demobilized from the RAF with the rank of flight lieutenant on 10 August 1946 in Sydney.
Kenneth O. Chilstrom	In 1950, Chilstrom was selected for a test pilot exchange tour with the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force.
Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy	He became attached to the Royal Air Force on 28 October 1935 and joined No. 15 Squadron at RAF Abingdon, again flying Harts, with effect from the same date.
Elwyn King	Promoted to wing commander, he led No. 1 Service Flying Training School at RAAF Point Cook from 7 July 1941, before being posted in October to command the newly established Station Headquarters Point Cook, as a group captain.
Eugene Seeley Coler	On 12 March 1918, he was assigned to No. 11 Squadron RFC (later to become No. 11 Squadron RAF), which was operating from Vert Galand on the Western Front.
John Freeborn	In June 1941 he was posted to No 57 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at RAF Hawarden, training pilots from overseas to fly Spitfires.
Reginald George Malcolm	Once there, he commanded Aerial Fighting School No. 2 at Beamsville, Ontario, Canada until he was transferred to staff duty at headquarters on 16 December 1918.
Walter Morison	Morison joined the Royal Air Force at the outbreak of war in September 1939, and was trained as a pilot.
Frederick Scherger	He commenced his flight training as a pilot officer (temporary flying officer) in 1925 at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria.
Christopher Bullock	Returning to active service, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, training as an observer and then gaining his wings as a pilot in Egypt before being declared unfit for flying duties in 1917.
John Smith (Conservative politician)	He joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1942 and trained as an observer at HMS'' Daedalus''.
Frederick Scherger	Awarded the Air Force Cross in June 1940 for his'' outstanding ability'' as a pilot and instructor, he took charge of No. 2 Service Flying Training School near Wagga the following month, and was promoted to group captain in September.
Sydney Carlin (RAF officer)	He made Pilot Officer in September 1940, flying as an air gunner in Defiant aircraft with No. 264 Squadron RAF and later No. 151 Squadron RAF.
Werner Voss	After flight school and six months in a bomber unit, he joined a newly formed fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 2 on 21 November 1916.
Russell Williams	Williams was posted to 434 Combat Support Squadron at CFB Shearwater, N. S. in 1992, where he flew the CC-144 Challenger in the electronic warfare and coastal patrol role.
Cyril Stanley Bamberger	In 1936 he volunteered for the Auxiliary Air Force and was posted to the bomber squadron, No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron AuxAF (Auxiliary Air Force), as a photographer.
John Lloyd Waddy	In April 1945, Waddy joined Caldwell, Arthur, Gibbes and four other senior pilots of No. 1 TAF in an action that became known as the'' Morotai Mutiny''.
Alan Christopher Deere	While training new replacement pilots in January 1941, Deere collided with one of them, losing most of his tail to the Sergeant pilot's propellor.
Otto Fruhner	In 1935, Fruhner joined the Luftwaffe as a major commanding a flying school.
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin	Czernin returned to the United Kingdom in April 1935 to take up appointment as an Acting Pilot Officer on a short service commission.
Adolf Galland	He was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27 -- 27th Fighter Wing) on 10 February 1940 as the adjutant, restricting him from flying.
Adrian Warburton	On 3 December 1941, Warburton was promoted to war substantive Flight Lieutenant While on detachment in Egypt, he managed to' acquire' a Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighter.
Ronald Symond	He was then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, which became the Royal Air Force in August 1918, and undertook training in England, returning to France as the war was ending.
Bryce Poe II	Poe was assigned to Allied Forces Northern Europe, Oslo, Norway, in August 1952 as a fighter operations officer flying de Havilland Vampire s, Gloster Meteor s, F-84 Thunderjet s and F-86 Sabre s with the Royal Norwegian and Royal Danish air forces.
George Denholm	In March 1942 he was posted as commander of No. 605 Squadron RAF at RAF Ford.
W. E. Johns	Johns served as a flying instructor until August 1918 when he transferred to the Western Front.
Robert Saundby	He flew as co-pilot for the then Squadron Leader Arthur Harris, when the latter developed a locally improvised bombing capability for the Vernon His move towards the upper command ranks of the RAF was initiated when he joined No 58 Squadron as a Flight Commander on 15 October 1926 flying the Vickers Virginia at RAF Worthy Down.
A.E. Clouston	In August 1934, he was posted to No. 24 Squadron at Hendon.
Cyril Stanley Bamberger	When 610 Sqn was withdrawn to rest in mid-September 1940, Bamberger was posted to No. 41 Squadron RAF at Hornchurch and was soon back in action in the Battle of Britain.
Evan Mackie	In March 1943 he was posted to North Africa, to No. 243 Squadron, flying the Spitfire Mk V.
Szczepan ?cibior	In 1940, Ścibior became a member of the No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron () He was pilot of a Vickers Wellington.
Alfred Warrington-Morris	In 1918 he was posted to the Royal Flying Corps as Staff Officer i/c 1st Class Equipment -- Wireless Telegraphy and promoted to Acting Lieutenant Colonel just before the Royal Flying Corps was amalgamated with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the new Royal Air Force in April of that year.
Reginald George Malcolm	Malcolm was withdrawn from combat on 18 June 1917 and posted to Home Establishment in Britain.
John Francis Jackson	Subsequently posted to the South West Pacific theatre, he was promoted to squadron leader in March 1942 and given command of No. 75 Squadron at Port Moresby in Papua, operating P-40 Kittyhawks.
Pruett Mullens Dennett	Flight Officer Dennett received his aviator's certificate on 21 May 1917 on an Avro biplane at the Royal Naval Air Station in Redcar, Yorkshire, England.
Jerry Pentland	Looking for a more secure future, he joined the newly established Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in August 1921, following an interview with Wing Commander Stanley Goble, a wartime acquaintance through the RAF.
Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer)	On 5 September 1944, Jeffrey led No. 1 Wing to the Tanimbar Islands and strafed targets in Selaru.
Bob Weighill	In 1944 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and he eventually rose to the rank of Air Commodore and commanded the RAF No. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton.
John Edwin Ashley Williams	Although he remained an RAF officer, Williams was redeployed to No. 450 Squadron RAAF on 14 June 1942.
Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema	He returned to England in 1944, and joined No. 139 Squadron RAF, part of the elite Pathfinder Force, tasked with illuminating targets for the night bombers of RAF Bomber Command.
Robert Saundby	By 1917 he was at Orford Ness RFC Experimental Station, England, and on 20 February 1917 he became a Flight Commander, No 11 Training Squadron RFC Scampton.
Raymond Baxter	In August 1940, during the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force and trained as a fighter pilot in Canada.
Bob Braham	In August 1948, he was posted to command the Fighter Interception Development Squadron and Night Fighter Leader School of the Central Fighter Establishment.
Leonard Slatter	He went on to be Officer Commanding No. 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford and then Officer Commanding No. 111 Squadron at RAF Hornchurch, where he was also Station Commander, before being appointed Officer Commanding No. 43 Squadron at RAF Tangmere in 1930.
Roberta Cowell	By June 1944, she was flying with No. 4 Squadron RAF, a squadron assigned to the task of Aerial reconnaissance.
Don C. Laubman	In the late spring and early summer of 1944 Flight Lieutenant Laubman and 412 Squadron were based in Tangmere, West Sussex, and flew fighter operations over occupied Europe.
Franz Walz	Walz learned to fly before the First World War, having transferred to aviation in 1912.
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard	In 1912, Trenchard learned to fly and he was subsequently appointed as second in command of the Central Flying School.
Arthur Bigsworth	He attended the first course at the Central Flying School, gaining his Aviator's Certicate no. 396 on 21 January 1913.
Brian Eaton	He enlisted as an air cadet in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 20 January 1936, undergoing flying training at RAAF Stattion Point Cook.
Ronnie Fokes	In March 1942 he joined 56 Squadron flying the Hawker Typhoon.
William Ernest Staton	Staton was posted to No. 62 Squadron at the end of flying training early in 1918.
John Stanley Chick	On 28 June 1920, he was posted to No. 24 Squadron RAF ; later that year, on 7 December, he transferred to No. 60 Squadron RAF.
Jeffrey Batters Home-Hay	He was posted to No. 14 (Reserve) Squadron RFC on 19 June 1916, then to No. 6 (Reserve) Squadron RFC.
Les Clisby	He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a mechanic in 1935, but was later accepted into the flying training course at Point Cook, Victoria.