A station commander is a group captain Groups are commanded by air vice-marshals. The RAF Commands are led by air marshals or air-chief marshals The Role of the Operations Wings Planning and organisation of support for the stations operations ...
He saw the newly arrived Station Commander, Wing Commander H. G. Sullivan, vainly trying to extinguish a burning Videbeeste and in those few minutes witnessed the demise of British air power in the Colony. However, he was one of the few in a position to return the Japanese fire - but ...
was met by the School of Technical Training at Halton, Buckinghamshire, where boys 15 years of age were received as apprentices for a three-year course in their chosen trade. In order to ensure a constant supply of pilots and to build up a reserve, a short-service commission scheme was in...
They normally served under the orders of the local air force commander but were so organized that they could fit smoothly into the army command structure in the face of a widespread enemy threat. Watch President Roosevelt outline his Four Freedoms and learn how Britain defeated Germany's ...