Geboortedatum:

5 november 1918 (Aberbeeg/Wales, Groot-Brittannië)

Overlijdensdatum:

30 april 1999

Dienstnummer:

42667

Nationaliteit:

Britse (1801-heden, Koninkrijk)

Ernest Waite Wootten ontving tevens de Air Force Cross (2 januari 1950) en de CBE (1 januari 1971).

Bevorderingen:
2 september 1939: Acting Pilot Officer on probation;
2 maart 1940: Pilot Officer on probation;
10 juli 1940: Pilot Officer;
2 maart 1941: Flying Officer (war subs.);
2 maart 1942: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.);
juni 1942: Acting Squadron Leader;
1 maart 1943: Acting Wing Commander;
1 september 1943: Squadron Leader (war subs.);
12 februari 1946: Flight Lieutenant (seniority 1 september 1945);
1 juli 1948: Squadron Leader (seniority 1 augustus 1947);
1 januari 1957: Wing Commander;
25 november 1959: Acting Group Captain;
1 januari 1963: Group Captain;
30 april 1968: Acting Air Commodore;
1 juli 1968: Air Commodore.

Loopbaan:
?: Malvern Preparatory School;
?: King's School, Worcester;
1936: Apprentice C.A. Parsons, Newcastle upon Tyne;
1938: Royal Air Force;
2 september 1939: Short Commission;
februari 1940: Staff Pilot No. 9 Air Observers School;
mei 1940: Pilot No. 4 Continental Ferry Pilots’ Pool;
augustus 1940: Pilot No. 24 Squadron;
maart 1941: Flight Commander No. 234 Squadron;
november 1941: Commanding Officer No. 2 Delivery Flight, Colerne;
14 januari 1942: Squadron Leader Tactics, Headquarters No. 10 Group;
juni 1942: Commanding Officer No. 118 Squadron, Ibsley;
april 1943: Commanding Officer Coltishall Fighter Wing;
juni 1943: Wing Leader Fairwood Common;
januari 1944: Wing Commander Tactics, Headquarters Mediterranean Allied aIr Force, Algiers;
29 januari 1944: Air Staff Advanced Headquarters, MAAF;
maart 1944: Commanding Officer No. 244 Wing, Desert Air Force, Caserta;
juli 1944: Commanding Officer No. 322 Wing;
oktober 1944: Commanding Officer No. 324 Wing, Desert Air Force;
januari 1945: Liaison Officer, Penatagon, Washington;
10 juli 1945: Reserve;
augustus 1945: Wing Commander RAF Dorval, Montreal;
1946: Commanding Officer No. 245 Squadron;
12 februari 1946: Extended Service Commission;
13 februari 1947: Station Commander RAF Newton;
?: Staff Officer;
25 november 1959: Military Attache Caracas, Venezuela;
20 mei 1963: Commanding Officer RAF Middleton St. George;
6 april 1964: Commanding Officer RAF Leconfield;
7 februari 1966: Assitant Chief of Staff, Offensive Operations, Headquarters 2nd Tactical Air Force;
30 april 1968: SASO, Headquarters No. 11 Group;
18 januari 1971: AOC, Headquarters Military Air Traffic Organisation;
1 juli 1971: Aide-de-Camp to The Queen;
5 november 1973: Retirement;
? - 1987: Hawker Siddeley.

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Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Flying Officer (1e Luitenant-vlieger)

Eenheid:

No. 234 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Toegekend op:

29 augustus 1941

Voordracht:
"Deze officier heeft grote snelheid, enthousiasme en vliegvaardigheid getoont gedurende alle operaties waaraan hij deelnam. Hij heeft ten minste vijf vijandelijke vliegtuigen venietigd, waarvan er twee bij één gelegenheid neerschoot."

LG 35260/5022.

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Acting Squadron Leader (Waarnemend Majoor-vlieger)

Eenheid:

No. 118 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Toegekend op:

4 juni 1943

• Foto 1: Tom MacNeill
• - The London Gazette of 19th September 1939, Issue 34687
  - The London Gazette of 19th March 1940, Issue 34814
  - The London Gazette of 27th September 1940, Issue 34954
  - The London Gazette of 11th April 1941, Issue 35134
  - The London Gazette of 29th August 1941, Issue 35260
  - The London Gazette of 10th July 1942, Issue 35628
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 1st June 1943, Issue 36041, dated 4th June 1943
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 19th October 1943, Issue 36219, dated 22nd October 1943
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 10th August 1945, Issue 37218, dated 14th August 1945
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 31st October 1947, Issue 38115, dated 4th November 1947
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 9th January 1948, Issue 38175, dated 13th January 1948
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 2nd July 1948, Issue 38344, dated 6th July 1948
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 13th August 1948, Issue 38380, dated 17th August 1948
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 30th December 1949, Issue 38797, dated 2nd January 1950
  - Fifth Supplement to The Londo Gazette of 28th December 1956, Issue 40964, dated 1st January 1957
  - Eleventh Supplement to The London Gazette of 31st December 1963, Issue 43210, dated 3rd January 1964
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 28th June 1968, Issue 44625, dated 2nd July 1968
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 31st December 1970, Issue 45262, dated 1st January 1971
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 12th July 1971, Issue 45422, dated 13th July 1971
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 5th November 1973, Issue 46120, dated 6th November 1973
  - Battle of Britain London Monument