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Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea. - Cranston Military Prints

Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea.


Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea.

Item Code : DHM6149YDawn Drop by Geoff Lea. - Editions AvailableExtra....

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Open edition prints. Image size 20.5 inches x 14 inches (52cm x 36cm)
Carson, R J
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Died : 1991
Air Commodore R J Carson (deceased)
Robert John (Kit) Carson was born 3rd August 1923, and on the 25th April 1943 was a Pilot Officer with the RAFVR and became a Flying Officer on the 25th November 1943 with 48 Squadron and in 1945 joint the VIP Squadron in the far east as a Flt Lt (WS) on the 25th May 1945. On 1st July 1946, appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (seniority 27 May 1944, retaining his existing rank under wartime rules) (Gazetted 15 Apr 1947) and serving in Rhodesia in 1949, and QFI,
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**Open edition prints. (Two prints reduced to clear) Image size 20.5 inches x 14 inches (52cm x 36cm)
Carson, R J
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Died : 1991
Air Commodore R J Carson (deceased)
Robert John (Kit) Carson was born 3rd August 1923, and on the 25th April 1943 was a Pilot Officer with the RAFVR and became a Flying Officer on the 25th November 1943 with 48 Squadron and in 1945 joint the VIP Squadron in the far east as a Flt Lt (WS) on the 25th May 1945. On 1st July 1946, appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (seniority 27 May 1944, retaining his existing rank under wartime rules) (Gazetted 15 Apr 1947) and serving in Rhodesia in 1949, and QFI,
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Air Commodore R J Carson (deceased)
Died : 1991
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Carson, R J
(Air Commodore R J Carson (deceased))

Robert John (Kit) Carson was born 3rd August 1923, and on the 25th April 1943 was a Pilot Officer with the RAFVR and became a Flying Officer on the 25th November 1943 with 48 Squadron and in 1945 joint the VIP Squadron in the far east as a Flt Lt (WS) on the 25th May 1945. On 1st July 1946, appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (seniority 27 May 1944, retaining his existing rank under wartime rules) (Gazetted 15 Apr 1947) and serving in Rhodesia in 1949, and QFI, Queen's University Air Sqn in 1951. On the 1st Janaury 1956 became Squadron Leader. In 1959 became Officer Commanding, No 16 Sqn. (Canberra B(I)8) and on the 17th Feb 1962 Squadron Leader Carson became Chief Instructor, RAF Swinderby becoming a Wing Commander on the 1st Janaury 1963 on the 1st Janaury 1964 he recieved the AFC becoming Group Captain on the 1st July 1968 and becoming Chief Air Planner, UK Delegation - LIVE OAK, SHAPE and on the 12th March 1971 Officer Commanding, RAF Leeming. On January 1st 1974 Wing Commander Carson received the CBE and on the 1st November 1974 became Air Adviser/Senior Air Liaison Officer, Canada becoming Air Commodre on the 1st July 1975 and Head of British Defence Liaison Staffs, Canada on the 1st September 1975. After retiring from the RAF on the 1st January 1978 he joined Panavia as the Manager of the Ottawa office, later moving to Grumman Aerospace Corporation in New York. Returning to Britain in 1980, he has worked on behalf of SSAFA being County Chairman from 1982 and Regional Representative from 1986. From 1984 he was President of the Aircrew Association in Leicestershire. Sadly on the 18th November 1991 Air Commodre Carson passed away.
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