Group Captain Leon Victor Lachal

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Photograph SUK10059
Service number 28
Birth Date 18/05/1904
Final Rank Group Captain
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Studio portrait of Wing Commander Leon Victor Lachal (later CBE) RAAF. Wg Cdr Lachal is wearing ...

    JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-21. RAN, AMF AND RAAF OFFICERS HOLDING A CONFERENCE IN THE ...

    JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-21. SENIOR AUSTRALIAN SERVICE OFFICERS AT A POINT NEAR THE ...

    JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-21. SENIOR AUSTRALIAN SERVICE OFFICERS CHECKING OVER THE ...

    MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-10. SENIOR OFFICERS AT A FORWARD RAAF BASE IN NEW GUINEA ARE GROUP ...

    A large group of RAAF airmen who arrived to form No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF at an RAF ...

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Command, RAF accompanied ...

    RAF Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1939-12. Portrait of Wing Commander L. V. Lachal, ...

    RAF Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1939-12. Portrait of Wing Commander L. V. Lachal, ...

    Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1940-01. Mr Eden, left, and Mr S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner for ...

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Date of birth 18/05/1904
Date promoted 01/11/1926 Pilot officer.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 26/04/1926 Air cadet.
Date promoted 26/10/1927 Flying officer.
Date promoted 01/07/1930 Flight lieutenant.
Date promoted 01/07/1936 Squadron leader.
Date promoted 01/07/1939 Wing commander.
Other units 01/07/1939 Commanding Officer No 10 Squadron.
Other units 27/12/1939 Commanding Officer 1st Australian Squadron to land in England.
Other units 02/04/1940 Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters South Australia.
Other units 14/04/1941 Commanding Officer No 3 Service Flying Training School.
Date promoted 01/07/1941 Group captain.
Other units 03/08/1942 Director of Postings - Air Force Headquarters.
Other units 16/05/1942 Command Station Headquarters, Amberley.
Other units 14/05/1942 Commanding Officer No 5 Service Flying Training School.
Other units 10/02/1944 Senior Air Staff Officer - Headquarters 9 Operations Group.
Other units 29/01/1945 Air Officer Commanding, Eastern Command.
Date promoted 02/04/1945 Air commodore.
Other units 06/12/1945 Acting Commander Opertaions, Air Force Headquarters.
Other units 01/10/1945 Air Officer Commanding, Eastern Area.
Other 21/07/1947 Appointment terminated.

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