Risultati di ricerca
Group captain (Gp Capt or G/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. Group captain is immediately senior to wing commander and immediately below air commodore.
- Peter Townsend
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar...
- RAF officer ranks
Captain: Lieutenant: 2nd lieutenant: 1919–1952 Marshal of...
- Peter Townsend
Il comandante di gruppo può essere, a seconda del Paese, sia una funzione del ruolo gerarchico attribuita a un tenente colonnello (codice NATO: OF-4, o più raramente da un maggiore OF-3) del ruolo naviganti di un’aviazione militare, sia un grado della Royal Air Force detto group captain (codice NATO: OF-5).
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was equerry to King George VI from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953.
- 1930–1955
- Royal Air Force
Captain: Lieutenant: 2nd lieutenant: 1919–1952 Marshal of the RAF: Air chief marshal: Air marshal: Air vice-marshal: Air commodore: Group captain: Wing commander: Squadron leader: Flight lieutenant: Flying officer: Pilot officer /acting pilot officer: Officer cadet: Royal Observer Corps (1925–1996) Air commodore Observer captain ...
Relations. Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire (father) Other work. Humanitarian. Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and group captain during the Second World War, and a philanthropist .
- 1937–1946
- Group captain
Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman VrC (born 21 June 1983) is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot who was held captive in Pakistan for 60 hours after his MiG-21 Bison was shot down in an aerial dogfight that ensued after the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) retaliatory airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
Group captain is the rank usually held by the station commander of a large RAF station. The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, Women's Royal Air Force (until 1968) and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (until 1980) was "group officer".
