Douglas Jackman

Sir Harold Douglas Jackman , KBE , CB (* 26. October 1902 ; † 15. June 1991 ) was a British Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) of the Royal Air Force (RAF), the last 1958-1961 Commanding General of the Air Force maintenance commands ( RAF Maintenance Command ) was.

Life

Air force officer training and World War II

Jackman completed his training to become an Air Force officer and was taken over on October 9, 1926 as a Lieutenant (Pilot Officer) as a professional soldier (Permanent Commission) in the Royal Air Force. First he was a logistics officer at the RAF Cranwell military airfield and then, from May 1, 1927, logistics officer at No. 4 Squadron RAF , before he was promoted to first lieutenant (Flying Officer) on October 9, 1927 on November 1, 1927 as a logistics officer to No. 13 Squadron RAF changed. After serving from January 9, 1931 to January 19, 1931 as a logistics officer at No. 55 Squadron RAF he became a logistics officer at the RAF Boscombe Down air base and then on April 14, 1934 logistics officer in the Air Force Depot in the Middle East (RAF Middle East) , where he was promoted to a captain (flight lieutenant) on August 1, 1934 .

On November 1, 1938 Jackman took over the post of equipment officer on RAF Middle East and received there on December 1, 1938 his promotion to major (Squadron Leader) . Subsequently, during the Second World War, he became an Administrative Staff Officer there on March 16, 1940 and was mentioned three times in the war report on September 24, 1941, June 11, 1942 and January 1, 1943 ( Mentioned in dispatches ) . In addition, he became Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on September 17, 1943 . He then took on the post of Deputy Staff Officer for Administration AOA (Air Officer in charge of Administration) at the headquarters of the Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean region on January 1, 1944, MAAF (Mediterranean Allied Air Forces) and after his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel (Wing Commander) on June 1, 1944 as AOA at the headquarters of the Balkan Air Forces (Balkan Air Force) .

Post-war period and promotion to Air Marshal

After the end of the war, Jackman moved to the Air Staff in 1946 , where he was initially head of the unit for troop movements. During this time he was on 1 January 1946 Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) and also received on 3 May 1946, the Greek Air Force Cross, and on 6 September 1946, the title of Commander of the Greek I. Order of George Furthermore Des was he was promoted to Colonel (Group Captain) on October 1, 1946 and also to Brigadier General ( Air Commodore ) on July 1, 1948 . As such, he took over on January 10, 1949, the post of head of division for organizational forecasting and planning in the air force staff.

On June 10, 1952, Jackman took over from Air Vice Marshal Leslie Bates as Commander AOC ( Air Officer Commanding ) of No. 40 (Maintenance) Group and held this until August 17, 1955, whereupon Air Commodore Geoffrey Worthington took over. During this time he was promoted to Major General (Air Vice Marshal) on July 1, 1953 . On August 25, 1955, he himself took over the post as head of the equipment department in the Air Force Staff, which he held until May 5, 1958.

Most recently Jackman replaced Air Marshal Richard Jordan as Commanding General AOC-in-C (Air Officer Commander-in-Chief) of the Air Force Maintenance Command ( RAF Maintenance Command ) on May 5, 1958 . In this application he was promoted to Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) on July 1, 1958 . In addition, he was beaten January 1, 1959 to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) and then carried the suffix "Sir". On March 1, 1961, he was replaced by Major General Leslie Dalton-Morris as the commanding general of the Air Force Maintenance Command and retired on March 29, 1961.

Web links

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