Service number | 39463 |
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Birth Date | 1914-06-18 |
Final Rank | Wing Commander |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1943-10-01 Published in London Gazette in 1941-01-01 |
Wing Commander Lewis Lea Johnston
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Wing Commander
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1941 on page 36 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Wing Commander
- London Gazette
- 01 October 1943 on page 4357 at position 1
Timeline
Date of birth | 18 June 1914 | |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 20 January 1936 | Air cadet. |
Other | 19 February 1937 | Short service commission in RAF as pilot officer. |
Other units | 19 February 1937 | General Duties Branch, RAF. |
Other units | 27 February 1937 | No 2 Flying Training School. |
Other units | 22 May 1937 | No 207 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 15 September 1938 | Acting flying officer. |
Date promoted | 19 September 1938 | Flying officer. |
Date promoted | 02 March 1939 | Acting flight lieutenant. |
Date promoted | 03 September 1939 | Flight lieutenant. |
Other units | 19 April 1940 | No 12 Operational Training Unit. |
Other units | 01 September 1941 | Commanding Officer No 458 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 07 September 1941 | Acting squadron leader. |
Date promoted | 01 December 1941 | Squadron leader. |
Date promoted | 22 February 1942 | Acting wing commander. |
Date promoted | 22 May 1942 | Squadron leader (war substantive). |
Date promoted | 01 July 1942 | Temporary wing commander. |
Other units | 01 July 1942 | No 458 Squadron, Middle East. |
Other units | 13 July 1942 | No 70 Squadron. |
Other units | 14 May 1943 | Rear Headquarters North African Air Force. |
Other units | 09 June 1943 | No 328 Wing, North West African Air Force. |
Other units | 14 March 1944 | No 328 Wing transferred to Mediterranean Allied Air Force. |
Other units | 05 June 1944 | Mediterranean Allied Combined Air Force. |
Other units | 24 June 1944 | Air Headquarters, Levant Middle East. |
Other units | 17 October 1944 | No 340 Wing, Mediterranean Allied Air Force. |
Other units | 05 March 1945 | Middle East Communication Squadron. |
Other units | 16 July 1945 | Headquarters, Mediterranean Allied Combined Air Force. |
Other units | 11 September 1945 | Air Minisrtry Unit, UK. |
Other units | 25 September 1945 | Special Duty List. |
Other units | 15 November 1946 | No 100 Personnel Dispersal Centre. |
Date promoted | 27 September 1948 | Permanant commission as squadron leader. |
Other units | 17 January 1949 | No 236 Operational Conversion Unit. |
Date promoted | 1949-01-17 - 1949-12-06 | Acting wing commander. |
Other units | 10 December 1949 | Station Calshot. |