Английская Википедия:Geoffrey Dhenin
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Howard Dhenin, Шаблон:Postnominals (2 April 1918 – 6 May 2011) was a British physician and senior Royal Air Force officer. From 1974 to 1978, he served as Director General of the RAF Medical Services.[1]
Early life and education
Dhenin was born on 4 April 1918, three days after the formation of the Royal Air Force, in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales.[2][3] He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School, then an all-boys grammar school in Hereford, Herefordshire.[1] Having won a scholarship, he studied Natural Sciences at St John's College, Cambridge.[1][3] He then continued his studies at Guy's Hospital Medical School, and qualified as a medical doctor.[2]
In the 1950s, Dhenin undertook research for a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at the University of Cambridge. His doctoral thesis was titled "Radiation hazards in aviation", and was completed in 1956.[4]
Military career
On 11 February 1943, Dhenin was commissioned into the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a flying officer (emergency).[5] He was then appointed the medical officer of No. 166 Squadron RAF, an Avro Lancaster bomber squadron that was based at RAF Kirmington.[1][6] During his time at Kirmington, he was awarded the George Medal for a rescuing an airman from a burning wreck in October 1943.[2][7] On 8 June 1944, two days after D-Day, he transferred to a mobile field hospital.[2][6] Based in Normandy, France, he was tasked with evacuating casualties by air from the campaign across North-West Europe.[1][3]
On 1 September 1945, after the end of the Second World War, Dhenin transferred to the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force as a flight lieutenant.[8]
As part of the half-yearly promotions, he was promoted to air commodore (one star rank) on 1 January 1967.[9]
Honours
On 14 January 1944, Dhenin was awarded the George Medal (GM), the second highest civil decoration of the UK, for rescuing an airman from a crashed and burning bomber.[7] In the 1954 New Year Honours, he was awarded an Air Force Cross (AFC) for flying a plane into the mushroom cloud of the first British nuclear bomb test in Australia in 1953.[10][2] In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded a bar to his Air Force Cross (i.e. he was awarded the AFC for a second time).[11] In November 1974, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ).[12] In the 1975 New Year Honours, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[13]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- 1918 births
- 2011 deaths
- 20th-century British medical doctors
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of St John
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Hereford Cathedral School
- People from Bridgend
- Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
- Recipients of the George Medal
- Royal Air Force air marshals
- Royal Air Force Medical Service officers
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Welsh military personnel
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии