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Pages in category "Royal Air Force squadron leaders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 237 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Llewellyn remained in the RAF in the postwar period, being granted a permanent commission in the RAF as a flight lieutenant, with seniority backdated to May 1945. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He took command of No. 74 Squadron in September 1945 as an acting squadron leader .
The rank title squadron leader was chosen as squadrons were typically led by RAF majors and the term squadron commander had been used in the Royal Naval Air Service. The rank of squadron leader was introduced in August 1919 [3] and has been used continuously since then.
Squadron leader Maurice Peter Brown AFC (1919–2011) was a World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain. Brown joined the RAF in 1938, and promoted to the rank of flying officer in October 1940. [1] During the Battle of Britain, Brown flew Spitfires with No. 611 Squadron RAF and No. 41 Squadron RAF. During the battle ...
At 24 years old, as a squadron leader serving with No. 109 Squadron (RAF), he embarked on what was to be his final mission, for which he received the VC. On 23 December 1944 over Cologne, Germany, Palmer was leading a formation of Lancaster bombers on a daylight raid to bomb Cologne's Gremberg railway marshalling yards.
During the Second World War, when units from other air forces were attached to the RAF – such as the Article XV squadrons (also known as "400 series squadrons") – their squadron codes were often changed, to avoid confusion with RAF units.
Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris – C-in-C RAF Bomber Command during World War II; Sir Douglas Bader – Amputee and fighter pilot & POW during Battle of Britain; Sir Keith Park – New Zealander – AOC No. 11 Group RAF during Battle of Britain; Sir Frank Whittle – Co-inventor of the turbojet; Guy Gibson – Dambusters raid leader and VC holder
Tuck's squadron leader rank was made permanent in September 1945, [27] and he became a temporary wing commander in April 1946. [28] He received his final decoration, the American Distinguished Flying Cross on 14 June 1946, [ 29 ] before he retired from the RAF and active service on 13 May 1949, [ 30 ] having had his permanent rank promoted to ...