RAF Bomber Command [SEP] dissolved or abolished
RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968.
Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bombing campaign against Germany became less restrictive and increasingly targeted industrial sites and the civilian manpower base essential for German war production. In total 364,514 operational sorties were flown, 1,030,500 tons of bombs were dropped and 8,325 aircraft lost in action. Bomber Command crews also suffered a
, then Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, RAF India.
Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant on 16 Sep 1948, he worked at the Central Bomber Establishment until 1950. Then while based at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Fort Halstead, he prepared the electrical systems for Operation Hurricane, the first test of a British atomic bomb.
After attending RAF Staff College in 1953, a year-long posting as Command Signals Officer, AHQ Iraq followed. From 1955-58 he was