Wing Commander Lewis Lea Johnston

Service number 39463
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

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Wing Commander
    London Gazette
    01 January 1941 on page 36 at position 1
  • 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
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.