King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name
ADDISON, Edward Barker (1898-1987), Air Vice Marshal
Service biography
Joined Royal Flying Corps as mechanic 1915; commissioned, RAF 1918; World War I in Royal Flying Corps and RAF 1915-1918; re-commissioned, RAF 1921; India 1923-1925; Cambridge University, MA 1926; Ingenieur Diplome, l'Ecole Superieure d'Electricite, Paris, France 1927; Palestine 1937; Signals Officer, Torpedo Bomber Sqn, Far East 1938-1940; World War II 1939-1945; Commander 80 Wing, Bomber Command, RAF 1940-1942; Director Signals, Air Ministry 1942-1943; Commander 100 Group, Bomber Command, RAF 1943-1945; Director General Signals, Air Ministry 1949-1950; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), Air Ministry 1950-1952; Senior Air Staff Officer, Flying Training Command 1953-1955; retired RAF 1955; Director Redifon Ltd 1956-1963; Director Intercontinental Technical Services Ltd 1964-1975
Papers
No reply to approach letter to family, 1988
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