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Letter Signed by AVM B C Yarde Commander RAF Gatow Berlin Airlift 1948. Good Content 2 page handwritten Letter Dated 1st May 1969. Personally Signed by Air Vice Marshall B C Yarde. 4 Sep 1924 Flight Cadet, 'B' Sqn, RAF College. 30 Jul 1926 Appointed to a Permanent Commission, 30 Jul 1926 Pilot, No 43 Sqn. 1 Feb - 11 Apr 1927 Attached to No 1 Sqn (Cadre) to oversee formation, 1928 Adjutant, No 43 Sqn, 5 Aug 1930 Aircraft Engineering Course, Home Aircraft Depot. 15 Feb 1931 Staff, School of Naval Co-operation, 10 Jun 1932 Staff, Aircraft Depot, Iraq. Flight Commander, No 55 Sqn. 1 Jun 1933 Officer i/c Communications Flight, Iraq. 5 Apr 1934 Officer Commanding, 'B' Flight, No 101 Sqn, 23 Sep 1936 RAF College. 24 Jan 1938 Attended RAF Staff College. 31 Dec 1938 Maintenance Staff Officer, HQ Maintenance Command. , RAF Liaison Officer, Northern Command 1940 - 45 Served in France, Malaya and Middle East, 31 Jan 1942 Senior Directing Staff, RAF Wing, Middle East Staff School, Haifa. 20 Apr 1945 Deputy Director of Bomber Operations. 1946 Senior Director, RAF Staff College. Jul 1947: Officer Commanding, RAF Gatow. PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE Berlin Airlift of 1948. after the Russian blockade the city. As Commander of RAF Station Gatow, Derlin he handled more than 900 aircraft movements a day at the peak of ''Operation Plainfare'. Jan 1950 Deputy Director of Personal Services. 1951 Provost Marshal and Chief of RAF Police. 5 Sep 1953 AOC, No 62 Group. 23 Sep 1954 Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment. He represented the RAF College at Athletics, Cricket, Hockey and Rugby, attained the rank of Under Officer and was awarded the Sword of Honour on graduation. In 1940, he was aboard the HMT Lancastria, when it was sunk off St Nazaire, with the loss of probably over 5, 000 lives (the total number has never been possible to ascertain). One of the 2, 500 survivors, he was responsible for the rescue of many of them. He commanded the RAF Contingent during the Queen's Coronation in 1953. Chairman of Courtenay Caterers, Andover