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词条 John Bradley (RAF officer)
释义

  1. RAF career

  2. References

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Air Marshal Sir John Stanley Travers Bradley, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CBE}} (11 April 1888 – 6 January 1982) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Maintenance Command.

RAF career

Bradley served with the East Yorkshire Regiment and then the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War, transferring to the Royal Air Force in August 1918.[1] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 14 Squadron in 1921 and Station Commander at RAF Northolt in 1930.[1] Promoted to group captain in July 1931,[2] Bradley went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Wessex Bombing Area in November 1931, Director of Equipment at the Air Ministry in 1935, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command in 1938.[1] He continued in that role during the Second World War, though he moved on to be Deputy Air Member for Supply & Organisation in 1942 before retiring at the end of the war.[1]

References

1. ^Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Bradley
2. ^Half-Yearly Promotions Flight International, 3 July 1931
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