Ruthven Wade

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Sir Ruthven Lowry Gerry Wade KCB DFC (born July 15, 1920 in Chipperfield , Hertfordshire ; † September 24, 2001 ) was a British Air Force officer in the Royal Air Force , who was last in the rank of General ( Air Chief Marshal ) from 1976 to 1978 Personnel and Logistics Department in the Defense Staff of the Armed Forces .

Life

Aviation training and World War II

After attending Cheltenham College, Wade began his aviation training in 1938 as a flight cadet in the A-Squadron of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell , the officers' school of the RAF. After completing his training, shortly after the beginning of the Second World War, on December 23, 1939, he was accepted as a professional soldier ( Permanent Commission ) in the RAF and promoted to lieutenant ( pilot officer ). He then became a pilot at No. 123 Squadron RAF and promoted there on December 23, 1940 to first lieutenant ( flying officer ). After that he was used from March 6th as a pilot and aviation commander of No. 89 Squadron RAF and from October 8, 1943 as the aviation commander of No. 153 Squadron RAF .

On April 29, 1944, Wade took over his first command post as Commanding Officer of No. 44 Squadron RAF , which he held until the end of the Second World War .

On July 7, 1944, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

Staff officer in the post-war period

After the end of the war, Wade was promoted to air force staff in the subdivision for organization in 1945 and promoted to captain ( Flight Lieutenant ) on May 21, 1946 , with this promotion being dated back to June 23, 1943. On August 1, 1947, he was promoted to Major ( Squadron Leader ). After several other assignments, he graduated from RAF Staff College Bracknell in 1953 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel ( Wing Commander ) on July 1, 1959 . He was then an officer in the staff of the 2nd Tactical Air Fleet 2TAF ( RAF Second Tactical Air Force ) as well as a graduate and then an officer in the staff of the RAF Flying College .

In August 1959, Wade was the commander on Malta stationed No. 39 Squadron RAF . After his promotion to Colonel ( Group Captain ) on July 1, 1960, he was from August 2, 1960 staff officer for administration at the military airfield of the RAF Malta. After his return he became commander of the RAF Gaydon Air Force Base on August 3, 1962, and was promoted to Air Commodore on July 1, 1964 in this capacity . After graduating from Imperial Defense College in London in 1965, he was appointed to the Air Force Staff on February 10, 1966, in charge of operations for the bomber and reconnaissance units.

Promotion to Air Chief Marshal

On November 15, 1967, Wade took over the role of Air Force Representative at the Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Nuclear Affairs at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Europe SHAPE ( Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ) and was promoted there to Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) on January 1, 1968 . He then took over from Air Vice Marshal Michael Le Bas on December 23, 1968, the position of Commander AOC ( Air Officer Commanding ) of No. 1 Group RAF at RAF Wycombe Air Force Base. He became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on June 13, 1970 . In the post of commander of No. 1 Group RAF he was replaced on February 8, 1971 by Air Vice Marshal Peter Horsley .

Wade then became Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Force in the Federal Republic of Germany ( RAF Germany ) on March 6, 1971 , before becoming Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) on January 13, 1973. ) has been. A few months later, on November 1, 1973, he succeeded Air Chief Marshal Denis Smallwood as Vice Chief of the Air Staff . On January 1, 1974 he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". In this capacity he was promoted to Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) on January 1, 1974 and replaced in February 1976 by Air Marshal David Evans .

Most recently, Wade was promoted to General ( Air Chief Marshal ) on March 31, 1976 and at the same time took on the role of Head of Personnel and Logistics in the Defense Staff ( Chief of Personnel and Logistics ). He held this position until he retired from active military service on March 31, 1978 at his own request.

In 1979, Wade took on jobs in the private sector and between 1980 and 1990 was a member of the board of directors of Acatos and Hutcheson plc . His marriage to Denise Davis in 1945 resulted in a son.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 34776, HMSO, London, January 19, 1940, p. 377 ( PDF , accessed February 14, 2016, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 45117, HMSO, London, June 13, 1970, p. 6367 ( PDF , accessed February 14, 2016, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 46162, HMSO, London, January 1, 1974, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed February 14, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Wade, Ruthven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wade, Sir Ruthven Lowry Gerry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Air Force officer in the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Chipperfield , Hertfordshire
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2001