Theodore McEvoy

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Sir Theodore Neuman McEvoy KCB CBE (* 21st November 1904 ; † 19th September 1991 ) was a British air force officer in the Royal Air Force , the last from 1959 to 1962 with the rank of General ( Air Chief Marshal ) Air Force Secretary ( Air Secretary ) at the Air Ministry was.

Life

Pilot training and World War II

McEvoy began his aviation training in 1923 as a flight cadet in the B-Squadron of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell , the officers' school of the RAF. After completing his training, which he completed with the distinction of Sword of Honor , he was promoted to lieutenant ( Pilot Officer ) on July 30, 1925 and accepted into the RAF as a professional soldier ( Permanent Commission ). He then became a pilot at No. 41 (R) Squadron at the military airfield RAF Coningsby and was there on January 30, 1927 Lieutenant ( Flying Officer transported). During this time he began on January 27, 1928 a course as a flight engineer at the Home Aircraft Depot at the RAF Henlow Air Force Base . After completing this course, he moved on October 7, 1930 to the engineering staff of the aircraft depot in Iraq , where he was promoted to captain ( flight lieutenant ) on November 5, 1930 and he worked until September 1935.

In September 1935 McEvoy took over as Commanding Officer of No. 1 (F) Squadron and received his promotion to Major ( Squadron Leader ) on April 1, 1937 . After attending RAF Staff College, Andover in 1937, he became an officer in the Operations Department of Home Air Defense on January 1, 1938 and was entrusted with various special tasks for military operations during World War II from January 1, 1941 , before becoming commander in March 1941 of the Air Force Base RAF Northolt was appointed. For his services he was mentioned for the first time in the war report on January 1, 1941 ( Mentioned in dispatches ) and on July 1, 1941 he also received the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

On December 5, 1941, McEvoy took over the management of the operations group in the headquarters of the attack command ( RAF Fighter Command ) and was then a staff officer in the operations department of the Air Force Staff in 1942, before becoming senior staff officer SASO ( Senior Air Staff Officer ) at the RAF military airfield at the end of 1942 Uxbridge stationed No. 11 Group RAF became. On November 20, 1942 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel ( Wing Commander ), this promotion being dated back to July 1, 1941. After serving as Senior Air Staff Officer at the headquarters of the Desert Air Force between May 3 and July 15, 1943 , he served as SASO of the 2nd Tactical Air Fleet 2TAF from July 15, 1943 until the end of World War II ( RAF Second Tactical Air Force ) belonging to No. 84 Group RAF . On September 24, 1943, he received the title of Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and was mentioned for the second time in the war report on January 1, 1945.

Promotion to Air Chief Marshal

After the end of the war, McEvoy became head of the department for staff assignments in the Air Force Staff in 1945 and was also Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on June 14, 1945. He was also promoted to Colonel ( Group Captain ) on January 1, 1946 and one year later to Air Commodore on January 1, 1947 . After graduating from Imperial Defense College in 1948 , on January 3, 1949, he became Air Officer Commanding of No. 61 Group RAF .

He then acted between November 7, 1950 and 1954 as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training ) and introduced major changes in the RAF's pilot training, such as the introduction of the beginner's training aircraft Types Percival Provost and de Havilland DH.100 Vampires . The key innovation was that immediately after the basic training on the Percival Provost, which was equipped with Alvis Leonides engines, the flight cadets were trained on the jet engine equipped de Havilland Vampire without having to undergo further training on powered aircraft. He was promoted to Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) on January 1, 1951 and also Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). In 1954 he became a lecturer in the RAF at Imperial Defense College.

After his promotion to Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) on May 1, 1956, McEvoy, who suffered from spondylitis , was on May 2, 1956 Chief of Staff of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe AAFCE ( Allied Air Forces Central Europe ). On May 31, 1956 he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". He received his promotion to General ( Air Chief Marshal ) on November 1, 1958 . Most recently, he was since May 1, 1959 as the successor to Air Vice Marshal Denis Barnett Air Secretary ( Air Secretary) responsible for career planning, promotions and appointments of officers of the RAF in the Ministry of Aviation. He remained in this post until his retirement from active military service on November 19, 1962. His successor as Air Secretary was Air Marshal William MacDonald . At the same time he was until 19 November 1962, was also aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II. For the Air Force.

McEvoy was active as chairman of the gliding association thereof BGA ( British Gliding Association ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33253, HMSO, London, March 1, 1927, p. 1362 ( PDF , accessed February 11, 2016, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33658, HMSO, London, November 4, 1930, p. 6959 ( PDF , accessed February 11, 2016, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 34385, HMSO, London, April 2, 1937, p. 2126 ( PDF , accessed February 11, 2016, English).
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 35204, HMSO, London, June 27, 1941, p. 3742 ( PDF , accessed February 11, 2016, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36183, HMSO, London, September 24, 1943, p. 4248 ( PDF , accessed February 11, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME McEvoy, Theodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McEvoy, Sir Theodore Neuman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Air Force officer in the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1904
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1991