Edward Davies (RAF officer)

Air Commodore Edward Dayrell Handley (Peter) Davies CBE (29 September 1899 – 21 March 1974) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Acting Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Reserve Command.

Edward Davies
Born	29 September 1899
Died	21 March 1974 (aged 74)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy  Royal Air Force
Years of service	1918–1950
Rank	Air Commodore
Commands held	No.36 Squadron Reserve Command No. 65 Group RAF East Africa
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

RAF career

Davies became a Probationary Flight Officer with the Royal Naval Air Service before being commissioned in the seaplane branch of the Royal Air Force in October 1918.[1] He became Officer Commanding No.36 Squadron in 1935 and then joined the Air Staff at Headquarters RAF Training Command.[1] He transferred to RAF Technical Training Command shortly after the start of World War II and was made Director of Operations (Torpedoes) at the Air Ministry in 1943.[1] He was briefly Acting Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Reserve Command in May 1946 and then became Air Officer Commanding No. 65 Group in 1948 and Air Officer Commanding RAF East Africa in 1949 before retiring on grounds of ill health in 1950.[1]

He was appointed CBE in New Years Honours List 1946.[2]

Family

In 1925 he married a Miss Tudor of Waverley Court in Camberley.[3]

References

1. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Commodore E D H Davies
2. "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 1 January 1946. p. 32.
3. Married Flight International, 18 June 1925