Английская Википедия:Gareth Clayton (RAF officer)

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Версия от 12:11, 11 марта 2024; EducationBot (обсуждение | вклад) (Новая страница: «{{Английская Википедия/Панель перехода}} {{Short description|Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1914-1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox military person |name= Sir Gareth Clayton |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption=Sir Gareth Thomas Butler Clayton by Walter Bird, bromide print, 19 March 1962 |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1914|...»)
(разн.) ← Предыдущая версия | Текущая версия (разн.) | Следующая версия → (разн.)
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox military person Air Chief Marshal Sir Gareth Thomas Butler Clayton, Шаблон:Postnominals (13 November 1914 – 5 February 1992) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Secretary from 1970 to 1972.

RAF career

Clayton joined the Royal Air Force in 1936.[1] He served in the Second World War as a Flight Commander with No. 25 Squadron and then with No. 100 Squadron before being appointed Officer Commanding No. 576 Squadron in 1943 and then Deputy Station Commander at RAF Faldingworth in 1944.[1] He then served on the Air Staff at No. 1 Group and as a Staff Officer on the Future Operational Plans Staff at the Air Ministry.[1]

After the War he became Air Attaché in Lisbon and then Station Commander first at RAF Cottesmore and then at RAF Honington.[1] He was appointed Director of Operations – Air Transport & Overseas Theatres in 1959, Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group in 1962 and Chief of Staff for the Second Tactical Air Force in 1963.[1] He went on to be Director-General of RAF Personnel Services in 1966, Chief of Staff at Headquarters RAF Strike Command in 1969[2] and Air Secretary in 1970 before retiring in 1972.[1]

He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Polstead, Suffolk.[3]

Файл:The grave of Gareth Clayton in the churchyard of St Mary, Polstead, Suffolk.jpg
The grave of Gareth Clayton in the churchyard of St Mary, Polstead, Suffolk

Further reading

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:S-start Шаблон:S-mil Шаблон:S-bef Шаблон:S-ttl Шаблон:S-aft |- Шаблон:S-bef Шаблон:S-ttl Шаблон:S-non Шаблон:End Шаблон:Authority control

Партнерские ресурсы
Криптовалюты
Магазины
Хостинг
Разное

  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Gareth Clayton
  2. ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
  3. ↑ Per photograph alongside
Источник — http://wikihandbk.com/ruwiki/index.php?title=Английская_Википедия:Gareth_Clayton_(RAF_officer)&oldid=14854253