Global Information Lookup Global Information

Robert Blucke information


Robert Blucke
Born(1897-06-22)22 June 1897
Died2 October 1988(1988-10-02) (aged 91)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army (1915–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–52)
Years of service1915–52
RankAir Vice Marshal
Commands heldTransport Command (1952)
Air Headquarters Malaya (1951–52)
No. 1 (Bomber) Group (1945–46)
RAF Ludford Magna (1943–45)
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor (1942–43)
Wireless Investigation Development Unit (1940)
Blind Approach Training and Development Unit (1940)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Air Force Cross & Bar
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Air Vice Marshal Robert Stewart Blucke, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC & Bar (22 June 1897 – 2 October 1988) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command in 1952.

and 22 Related for: Robert Blucke information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8119 seconds.)

Robert Blucke

Last Update:

Air Vice Marshal Robert Stewart Blucke, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC & Bar (22 June 1897 – 2 October 1988) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief...

Word Count : 360

RAF Coningsby

Last Update:

Southend-on-Sea) over Fordham, Norfolk, near Downham Market. Blucke was son of Air Vice-Marshal Robert Blucke who was known for the 1935 Daventry Experiment. 2024...

Word Count : 4134

RAF Transport Command

Last Update:

– Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood 1 January 1952 – Air Vice Marshal Robert Blucke 3 June 1952 – Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Guest 15 March 1954 – Air...

Word Count : 2324

Bluck

Last Update:

Judith Bluck (1936–2011), British artist Robert Blucke (1897–1988), Royal Air Force officer Stephen Blucke (c. 1752–after 1796), Black Loyalist This...

Word Count : 101

1988 in the United Kingdom

Last Update:

Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet, writer (born 1897) 2 October Robert Blucke, Royal Air Force officer (born 1897) Sir Peter Hunt, Army general (born...

Word Count : 6653

1897 in the United Kingdom

Last Update:

Prime Minister (died 1977) Léon Goossens, oboist (died 1988) 22 June – Robert Blucke, Royal Air Force officer (died 1988) 15 July Letitia Chitty, aeronautical...

Word Count : 1423

Aubrey Ellwood

Last Update:

Bomber Command 1947–1950 Succeeded by Sir Hugh Lloyd Preceded by Sir Brian Baker Commander-in-Chief Transport Command 1950–1952 Succeeded by Robert Blucke...

Word Count : 240

Colonel Tye

Last Update:

Colonel Stephen Blucke, who commanded the Black Loyalist unit, the Black Company of Pioneers, led Tye's troops following his death. Blucke successfully led...

Word Count : 2734

Charles Guest

Last Update:

Military offices Preceded by Robert Blucke Commander-in-Chief Transport Command 1952–1954 Succeeded by Sir George Beamish Preceded by Stephen Strafford...

Word Count : 252

Stowe Nine Churches

Last Update:

from RAE Farnborough and climbed to 6,000 ft, being piloted by Flt Lt Robert Blucke (1897-1988). The Heyford was probably the largest aircraft the RAF had...

Word Count : 889

Black Loyalist

Last Update:

Within weeks, he died from gangrene, and Black Pioneer leader Stephen Blucke took over the Black Brigade and led it through the end of the war. When...

Word Count : 4025

Black Nova Scotians

Last Update:

the leadership of Stephen Blucke, a prominent black leader of the Black Pioneers. Historian Barry Moody has referred to Blucke as "the true founder of the...

Word Count : 7729

Nova Scotian Settlers

Last Update:

the United States Canadian Biography Also see Hartshorne's portrait by Robert Field (painter) Find a Grave[permanent dead link] "Birchtown Plaque "The...

Word Count : 2718

Book of Negroes

Last Update:

Rosey (now Shelburne) Shelburne riots Black Nova Scotians Colonel Stephen Blucke Rose Fortune Rev. John Marrant Richard Pierpoint Deborah Squash See also...

Word Count : 965

Sierra Leone Creole people

Last Update:

Fasholé-Luke and Creoles such as Arthur Thomas Porter, Canon Harry Sawyerr and Robert Wellesley-Cole. Well-known Creole Methodists include Sylvia Blyden, a newspaper...

Word Count : 11725

Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution

Last Update:

Carleton to Nova Scotia. One of their leaders there was Colonel Stephen Blucke, commander of the Black Brigade after Colonel Tye's death. Some eventually...

Word Count : 9136

Richard Pierpoint

Last Update:

Black corps was raised locally by a white officer, Jordan tavern-owner Robert Runchey. Pierpoint volunteered immediately for Captain Runchey's Company...

Word Count : 1437

Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor

Last Update:

the noted philanthropist and slave owner, John Julius Angerstein, General Robert Melville. Montagu Burgoyne was the original chair person, but after a few...

Word Count : 2461

Merikins

Last Update:

company on the Naparima Plain in the south of the island. Local planter Robert Mitchell managed the establishment and maintenance of the settlements, petitioning...

Word Count : 1475

Petition of Free Negroes

Last Update:

Richard Pierpoint, Pompadour, John Smith, Saison Sepyed, Simon Speck, Robert Spranklin, Thomas Walker and Jack Wurmwood. The petition was turned down...

Word Count : 409

African Americans in the Revolutionary War

Last Update:

Television, Inc. ISBN 1-4157-0217-9 "The Revolution's Black Soldiers" by Robert A. Selig, Ph.D., American Revolution website, 2013–2014 G.P. Wygant (October...

Word Count : 4646

1946 New Year Honours

Last Update:

Filmer Rook, OBE, FRCP, MRCS, DPH, KHP. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Robert Stewart Blucke, CBE, DSO, AFC. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Dermot Alexander Boyle,...

Word Count : 36022

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net