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Ralph Cochrane was born on 24 February 1895, the youngest son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, in the Scottish village of Springfield, Fife.To qualify as a naval officer, he joined the Royal Naval College, Osborne in 1908, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, two years later.
No. 5 Group RAF (5 Gp) was a Royal Air Force bomber group of the Second World War, led during the latter part (February 1943 – 1945) by AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane. History [ edit ]
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Ralph Cochrane: CBE, AFC: RAF: 1 April 1937 [1] 24 February 1939 Group Captain: Hugh Saunders: CBE, MC, DFC & Bar, MM: RAF: 25 February 1939 [2] 28 September 1941 Air Commodore: Victor Goddard: CB, CBE: RAF: 29 September 1941 [3] 18 July 1943 Air Vice-Marshal: Sir Leonard Isitt: KBE: RNZAF: 19 July 1943 [4] May 1946 Air Vice-Marshal: Sir Arthur ...
1 March 1950 Air Chief Marshal The Honourable Sir Ralph Cochrane [13] 1 November 1952 Air Marshal Sir John Baker [14] 9 November 1953 Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman [15] 16 September 1957 Air Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston [16] 2 March 1962 Air Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle [17] November 1964 Air Marshal Sir Brian Burnett
Nevertheless, the commander of No. 5 Group, Air Commodore Ralph Cochrane, decided to attempt another attack in the hope that the bombers would encounter clear weather over Tromsø. The plan for this operation remained the same as that used in Operation Obviate, with the attack force to use identical routes.
Harris assigned the operation to Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane's No. 5 Group. Harris had himself commanded 5 Group earlier in the war. [ 23 ] Under his immediate successor, Air Vice-Marshal John Slessor , it became the first bomber group to begin re-equipping with Lancasters; and under Air Vice-Marshal Alec Coryton [ 24 ] it had gained a ...
Sir Ralph Cochrane: 1 March 1949 3 years, 273 days 29 November 1952 AOC-in-C Flying Training Command Vice Chief of the Air Staff: promoted 1 March 1949, [53] retired 29 November 1952 [54] Sir Hugh Constantine: 12 September 1961 2 years, 261 days 30 May 1964 Commandant of the Imperial Defence College