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Kerby, Harold Spencer If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Air Vice-Marshal (RAF) |
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Birth | 14/05/1893 | Death | 08/06/1963 |
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Place | Hamilton | Place | London |
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Country | Canada | Country | UK |
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Honours | CB. DSC. AFC. Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA). |
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Biography |
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His home was in Calgary where his father was Mayor. He worked as a mechanical engineer and attended the University of Toronto. |
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He joined the Royal Naval Air Service at Hendon UK and was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 21/03/1915). He was posted to #3 (Naval) Squadron in the Dardanelles on 12/06/1915 and wounded on 26/11/1915. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He served in RNAS Chingford 04/05/1915. He joined #3 (N) Squadron in Dardenelles 12/06/1915 and wounded there 26/11/1915. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 12/1915). He served in Cranwell 27/12/1916. He served in France 12/1916. He served in Dover Air Station 19/01/1917. He served in Dunkirk (#9 Naval Squadron) 28/01/1917. He served in #3 (N) Squadron 29/03/1917. He served in AG and FS Midlands Area 18/05/1918. He served in Air Ministry 20/11/1918. He served in #4 Flying School 20/11/1918. He served with the BEF 23/03/1919. He served in #4 Flying School 08/04/1919. (Transferred to RAF 1918). He was appointed as a Major RAF. He served in India 1923-29. He served in Air Ministry 1929-34. He served in RAF Singapore 1935. He served as Air Attache British Embassy in China 1936-39. He was appointed as a Group Captain RAF 1939. He served in RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (France) 1939-40. He was appointed as a Commodore RAF 1941. He served in RAF HQ Northern Ireland 1941-42. He served as Air Officer Commanding RAF East Africa 1943-44. He was appointed as a Air Vice Marshall RAF 1943. He served as Air Officer-in-Command Administration Coastal Command 1944-46. He remained in the RAF postwar and commanded British Advanced Air Striking Force in France, 1939-1940. He served as AOC Air Headquarters, East Africa and Coastal Command. (He retired 1946.) (During the first World War he was reported once to have thrown his life preserver to a downed German pilot following scrap with eight other planes.) |
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Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); MacFarlane, John M. (1994); Blatherwick, John (1992); http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/gong-5i-l.html |
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2011-01-31 00:00:00 |