Air-Commodore Jack Dowling

Service number 263, 370, O370
Ranks Held Air-Commodore, Wing Commander
Birth Date 25/11/1916
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Stawell
Final Rank Air-Commodore
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Place Stawell
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Vietnam War, 1962-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1962-1975
  • Period 1945-1959
  • Period 1960-1979

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    Vietnam. 1967. Air Commodore J. Dowling talks to an Australian and a Vietnamese Officer.

    The Officer Commanding RAAF component at Vung Tau, 33113 Group Captain (Gp Capt) Peter Frank Raw, ...

    The Director General of Medical Services, O33059 Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Lawrence Robert Trudinger ...

    370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was ...

    370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was ...

    370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was ...

    370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was ...

    370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was ...

    During his 14 day visit to Vietnam, Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral (Rear Adm) A McNichol, ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 25/11/1916
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 17/01/1938 Air cadet.
Date promoted 17/12/1938 Pilot officer.
Other units 02/1939 No 12 Squadron.
Date promoted 17/06/1939 Flying officer.
Date promoted 01/09/1940 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 03/1940 Central Flying School.
Date promoted 01/04/1942 Temporary squadron leader.
Other units 1942 No 4 Fighter Section, Port Moresby
Other units 1942 No 3 Fighter Section, Townsville.
Other units 02/10/1943 No 458 Squadron.
Date promoted 01/12/1943 Temporary wing commander.
Other units 1943 No 7 Operational Training Unit.
Date promoted 23/08/1948 Squadron leader.
Date promoted 23/09/1948 Wing commander.
Other units 1948 Commanding Officer, Central Flying School.
Date promoted 01/01/1957 Group captain.
Other units 01/02/1962 Commanding Officer, Base Station Butterworth.

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