Air Vice Marshal Robert Dickinson Oxland, CB, CBE RAF
Robert Dickinson Oxland was born in Sydenham on 4 April 1889, the son of Charles Oxland, a Mining Engineer, and his wife Eleanor. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.
WW1
16 December 1915 - Appointed to a Commission on the General List Infantry
1915 - Attached to 30 Squadron Egypt as U/T pilot - 2Lt - ?
16 April 1916 – 20 Squadron FE2b and FE2d Western Front – F/O - ?
1916 - Pilot Orfordness Experimental Station.
1 December 1916 - Flight Commander Orfordness Experimental Station - Capt
20 October 1918 - OC 38 Squadron FE2b and FE2d Western Front – Temp Maj
FE2 with bombs
Interwar
16 January 1919 - Staff Officer Air Ministry – Acting Maj and F/L
1 April 1920 Staff RAF Depot
6 January 1921 - Staff Officer Mesopotamian Wing
13 October 1921 - Meteorological Officer, HQ Iraq.
14 January 1923 - Meteorological Officer HQ, HQ RAF Middle East – S/L
25 March 1925 - Supernumerary RAF Depot
3 June 1925 OC No 502 ( Ulster ) Squadron ( Vickers Vimy RAF Adlergrove )
Vickers Vimy
5 October 1926 - OC No 503 ( City of Lincoln ) Squadron ( Fairey Fawn RAF Waddington )
Fairey Fawn
26 February 1926 - Flight Commander No 503 ( City of Lincoln ) Squadron ( Fairey Fawn RAF Waddington )
26 May 1927 - CFI No 2 FTS
22 January 1930 - Attended Army Staff College, Camberley – W/C
20 December 1931 - Staff HQ Wessex Bombing Area
1 October 1932 - Air Staff, HQ Iraq Command.
1 February 1934 - Staff Directorate of Operations and Intelligence.
15 October 1934 - Deputy Director. Directorate, Directorate of Operational Requirements – G/C
1n 1936 he was on the committee which decided to produce the 4 engined heavy bombers which became the backbone of Bomber Command during WW2
18 January 1938 - Attended Imperial Defence College.
28 December 1938 - Director of Personal Services – A/C
WW2
27 November 1940 - Supernumerary No 1 ( Bomber ) Group
1 December 1940 - AOC No 1 ( Bomber ) Group – Acting AVM, Temp AVM,
24 February 1943 - SASO HQ Bomber Command.
During his time at HQ Bomber Command he concentrated on the planning operations in support of Operation Overlord, the forthcoming D Day landings
1944 - SASO HQ Bomber Command – AVM
1945 - AOA HQ Air Command South East Asia.
Post war
Retired May 1946 and passed away 27 October 1959
Compiled by David Fell with photos from wiki and my own archive
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