Leslie Mavor

Sir Leslie Deane Mavor KCB AFC OStJ FRAeS DL ( January 18, 1916 - October 2, 1991 ) was a British Air Force officer in the Royal Air Force , who last served as Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) between 1969 and 1973 as Commanding General of the Air Force Training Command ( RAF Training Command ) was.

Life

Pilot training and World War II

Mavor completed his school education in Aberdeen and after completing it he began his aviation training in 1935 as a flight cadet in the B-Squadron of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell , the officers' school of the British Air Force. After graduation, he was accepted as a professional soldier ( Permanent Commission ) in the RAF on July 31, 1937 and promoted to lieutenant ( pilot officer ). After additional training at the School of Army Co-operation , the later School of Land and Air Warfare ( School of Land / Air Warfare ) in Old Sarum , he became a pilot at No. 31 Squadron RAF , which was then stationed in Lahore in British India . In the following years he was promoted to Oberleutnant ( Flying Officer ) on January 31, 1939 and to Captain ( Flight Lieutenant ) on September 3, 1940 .

In flight use with the No. Mavor remained 31 Squadron RAF during World War II and took part in numerous air support and air transport missions in British India, the Middle East and Burma . For his aviation services he was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC) on January 1, 1942 . On November 20, 1942, he was promoted to Major ( Squadron Leader ), which promotion was dated back to December 1, 1941. In 1944 he was first aviation commander and then chief flight instructor of the newly founded and stationed at the RAF Crosby-on-Eden military airfield No. 109 (Transport) Operational Training Unit RAF , one with Douglas Dakota - transport aircraft equipped unit.

Staff officer in the post-war period

After training at the Royal Air Force Staff College Bracknell , Mavor became a forecast and planning officer in the Air Force Staff Organization Department. In the following years he was an officer in the staff of No. 38 Group RAF and, after his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel ( Wing Commander ) on January 1, 1949, an officer in the staff of the Air Force Home Command ( RAF Home Command ), before joining No. 3 Air Navigation School RAF was operating. In March 1954 he changed as an officer to the staff of the Air Member for Personnel (AMP), the military representative responsible for personnel matters in the Air Force Board . He then became an officer in the management staff of the RAF Staff College Bracknell and received there on July 1, 1958 his promotion to Colonel ( Group Captain ).

In 1959 Mavor took over his first command post as a commanding officer of the air force base RAF Lindholme. Subsequently, on October 6, 1961, he was appointed head of the Air Staff Briefing . In this role he was promoted to Air Commodore on January 1, 1962 . He then completed a course at Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London in 1964 . On June 13, 1964, he was appointed Companion des Order of the Bath (CB).

Ascent to the Air Marshal

On December 21, 1964, Mavor succeeded Air Vice Marshal Tim Piper as Air Officer Commanding of No. 38 (Air Support) Group RAF . In this post he was promoted to Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) on January 1, 1965 and replaced on March 1, 1966 by Air Vice Marshal Peter Fletcher . He in turn then took over from Fletcher as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy ). In the meantime, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Saint John (OStJ) on January 30, 1966 .

Most recently, Mavor succeeded Air Marshal John Davis as Air Officer Commanding in Chief on April 1, 1969, of the Air Force Training Command . Three months later, on July 1, 1969, he was also promoted to Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ). On January 1, 1970, he was also beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that he was then allowed to use the suffix "Sir". On December 21, 1972, Air Marshal Neville Stack succeeded him as commanding general of RAF Training Command. A month later, on January 18, 1973, he retired from active military service.

On May 24, 1976 was Mavor, who is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (milling) was Deputy Lieutenant of the County of North Yorkshire . In addition, between 1976 and 1980 he acted as principal of the civil defense school of the Ministry of the Interior ( Home Office Defense College ) and then from 1980 to 1980 as coordinator of civil defense services.

Web links

Biography on Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization

Individual evidence

↑ London Gazette . No. 34594, HMSO, London, January 31, 1939, p. 690 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).
^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 35399, HMSO, London, January 1, 1942, p. 41 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).
^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 43343, HMSO, London, June 13, 1964, p. 4939 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).
^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 46913, HMSO, London, May 28, 1976, p. 7647 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).
^ From Civil Defense to Emergency Planning. New strategies for the 1970s and 1980s - Protect and Survive - Exercise Hard Rock - new roles for local authorities

personal data
SURNAME	Mavor, Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mavor, Sir Leslie Deane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Air Force officer in the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1916
DATE OF DEATH	October 2, 1991

[1] London Gazette . No. 34594, HMSO, London, January 31, 1939, p. 690 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).

[2] London Gazette (Supplement). No. 35399, HMSO, London, January 1, 1942, p. 41 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).

[3] London Gazette (Supplement). No. 43343, HMSO, London, June 13, 1964, p. 4939 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).

[4] London Gazette (Supplement). No. 46913, HMSO, London, May 28, 1976, p. 7647 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2016, English).

[5] From Civil Defense to Emergency Planning. New strategies for the 1970s and 1980s - Protect and Survive - Exercise Hard Rock - new roles for local authorities