Bruce Robinson (officer)

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Bruce Robinson CB CBE AFRAeS (born January 19, 1912 - † May 1998 ) was a British Air Force officer in the Royal Air Force , who last served as Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) between 1965 and 1967 in command of No. 24 (Training) Group RAF was.

Life

Aviation training and World War II

Robinson began after the school military training as a Cadet Corporal of the junior division of the Officers' Training Corps (OTC) at the King's School in Bruton and was followed on September 9, 1931 as a lieutenant ( Second Lieutenant ) in the Light Infantry - Regiment Taken Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) . On September 22, 1933, he switched to the RAF as a regular soldier ( Short Service Commission ) and initially passed an officer entrance examination at the RAF depot, which lasted almost two weeks, before he completed his aviation training on October 7, 1933 at No. 3 RAF Flying Training School began at the RAF Spitalgate military airfield . Subsequently, on September 2, 1934, he became a pilot in No. 16 Squadron RAF , which was intended to cooperate with the army, and received there on September 22, 1934 his promotion to lieutenant ( pilot officer ) of the RAF and on March 22, 1936 to first lieutenant ( flying officer ).

Subsequently, Robinson attended from April 26, 1937 the school for aerospace engineering ( School of Aeronautical Engineering ). During this time he received his promotion to captain ( Flight Lieutenant ) on March 22, 1938 and was accepted into the RAF on September 22, 1939 as a professional soldier ( Permanent Commission ). After graduating from the aerospace engineering school, he was transferred to the RAF's technical service on April 24, 1940, where he worked until the end of the Second World War . On April 14, 1942, he was promoted to Major ( Squadron Leader ), which promotion was dated back to January 1, 1940.

Post-war period and promotion to Air Vice Marshal

After the end of the war, Robinson became deputy head of department in the General Directorate for Maintenance and Servicing on August 7, 1945, and on October 10, 1946, he moved to the Rhodesian Air Training Group in Southern Rhodesia as chief engineer officer , where he also became lieutenant colonel ( wing commander ) on July 1, 1947. was promoted. He then worked from 1951 to 1953 as head of the technical service of the Air Force of India . On June 1, 1953, he became Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). After his return to Great Britain he was promoted to Colonel ( Group Captain ) on July 1, 1953 and took over the post of Commandant of Radio Technology School 1 ( No. 1 Radio School RAF ) at the RAF Cosford Air Force Base.

On July 1, 1960 Robinson was deputy head of the technical services and then in 1958 chief liaison officer of the RAF at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base of the US Air Force , where he was promoted to Air Commodore on July 1, 1960 . In July 1961 he succeeded Air Commodore Norman Coslett as commander of the School for Technical Training 1 ( No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF ) and remained in this use until his replacement by Air Commodore David Strong at the end of 1963. He himself was then 1963 Director of Aircraft Development at the RAF.

Last Robinson was on 18 June 1965. Successor of Air Vice Marshal John Rotherham as Commander ( Air Officer Commanding ) of the No. 24 (Training) Group RAF and received his promotion to Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) on this post 14 days later on July 1, 1965 . On August 25, 1967, he was replaced as commander by Air Commodore John Hunter's death and retired on September 22, 1967 from active military service. On January 1, 1968, he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) and was also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (AFRAeS).

Web links

  • Biography on Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 34760, HMSO, London, December 26, 1939, p. 8550 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 35028, HMSO, London, December 31, 1940, p. 7297 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 44484, HMSO, London, January 1, 1968, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Robinson, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Air Force officer in the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1912
DATE OF DEATH May 1998