Leslie Dalton-Morris

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Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris KBE CB ( April 7, 1906 - October 28, 1976 ) was a British Air Force officer in the Royal Air Force , who last held the rank of Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) between 1961 and 1963 as Commanding General of the Air Force Maintenance Command ( RAF Maintenance Command ) was.

Life

Military training and World War II

Dalton-Morris joined the RAF on September 15, 1924 as a regular soldier ( Short Service Commission ) and then began aviation training at No. 5 Flying Training School RAF . On 15 March 1925 he was appointed Lieutenant ( Pilot Officer transported) and first began to use after completion of training on 25 February 1926 as a pilot in Nachflug- Swarm ( Night Flight Flying ), in which it six months later on August 25, 1926 was also promoted to Oberleutnant ( Flying Officer ). On October 3, 1927, he switched to No. 15 Squadron RAF and then attended from May 13, 1929 the Electrical and Wireless School . On May 14, 1930 he was promoted to captain ( Flight Lieutenant ) and on September 1, 1930 as a professional soldier ( Permanent Commission ) in the RAF.

After completing his training at the electrical engineering and radio school, Dalton-Morris became a communications officer on February 6, 1931 at No. 203 Squadron RAF . After a subsequent unplanned assignment from May 11 to July 24, 1933 in the Air Force Depot, he first became a communications officer at the RAF Biggin Hill military airfield and then on August 8, 1934 a communications officer at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at the RAF Felixstowe air force base . A year later he returned August 16, 1935, he returned as a communications officer and instructor at the Electrical and Wireless School and then began a staff officer course at RAF Staff College, Andover on January 19, 1937 . On February 1, 1937 he was promoted to Major ( Squadron Leader ) and on January 1, 1938 officer in the staff of No. 2 Group RAF .

Dalton-Morris was after the beginning of the Second World War on January 1, 1940, deputy chief communications officer in the headquarters of the attack command ( RAF Fighter Command ), but switched to the technical service of the RAF on April 24, 1940. On January 20, 1941, he returned as a communications officer to No. 2 Group RAF and became deputy chief communications officer at RAF Bomber Command headquarters in 1941 . There he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel ( Wing Commander ) on April 14, 1942 , this promotion being dated back to March 1, 1940. On August 17, 1943, he was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) Chief of Staff of No. 26 Group RAF and then on February 14, 1944 chief communications officer of the RAF Bomber Command. On June 8, 1944, he became Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). After his promotion to Colonel ( Group Captain ) on December 1, 1944, he became head of the radio and communications department in the Air Force Staff in 1945. For his military services he was on January 1, 1945 in the war report ( Mentioned in dispatches ).

Ascent to the Air Marshal

Dalton-Morris was promoted to Air Commodore on July 1, 1947, and in 1948 took over the post of Commander of the Central Signals Establishment , before joining the Middle East Air Force Headquarters (MEAF ) on December 12, 1950 ( Middle East Air Force ). On March 1, 1952 he was Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals ) and was promoted to Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) on July 1, 1953 . In the meantime, he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on June 5, 1952 .

Then Dalton-Morris took over on March 1, 1956 from Air Vice Marshal John Weston the post of Commander ( Air Officer Commanding ) of No. 90 (Signals) Group RAF and remained in this function until the telecommunications group was raised to the status of a command on November 3, 1958. Thereupon he was on November 3, 1958 first commanding general AOC-in-C ( Air Officer Commanding in Chief ) of the telecommunications command ( RAF Signals Command ). On June 13, 1959, he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) and has since been named "Sir". On March 1, 1961, Air Vice Marshal Alick Foord-Kelcey took over the post as commander of the telecommunications command , although he only took over the post temporarily, before Air Marshal Walter Pretty officially became AOC-in-C of the RAF Signals on June 9, 1961 Command followed.

Most recently, Dalton-Morris succeeded Air Marshal Douglas Jackman as Commanding General of the Air Force Maintenance Command ( RAF Maintenance Command ) on March 1, 1961 . In this application, he was promoted to Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) four months later on July 1, 1961 . His successor as AOC-in-C of the RAF Maintenance Command was Air Vice Marshal Norman Coslett on June 4, 1963 . On July 2, 1963, he retired from active military service.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33036, HMSO, London, April 7, 1925, p. 2375 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33227, HMSO, London, December 7, 1926, p. 8003 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33605, HMSO, London, May 13, 1930, p. 2966 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33640, HMSO, London, September 2, 1930, p. 5428 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 34366, HMSO, London, February 2, 1937, p. 717 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  6. ↑ London Gazette . No. 34960, HMSO, London, July 16, 1963, p. 5833 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36544, HMSO, London, June 8, 1944, p. 2582 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 39555, HMSO, London, June 5, 1952, p. 3010 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  9. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 41727, HMSO, London, June 13, 1959, p. 3705 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  10. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42383, HMSO, London, June 13, 1961, p. 4373 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  11. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42289, HMSO, London, February 24, 1961, p. 1537 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  12. ↑ SERVICE AVIATION. Air Force, Naval and Army Flying News: Changes of Command . In: Flight International of January 20, 1961
  13. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42403, HMSO, London, July 4, 1961, p. 4932 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  14. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43019, HMSO, London, May 31, 1963, p. 4853 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
  15. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43055, HMSO, London, July 16, 1963, p. 5990 ( PDF , accessed February 22, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Dalton-Morris, Leslie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Air Force officer in the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1906
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1976