Air Marshall, Sir Gilbert Edward Nicholetts K. B. E. , C. B. , A. F. C. and Bar
(1902-1983)

Air Marshall, Sir Gilbert Edward Nicholetts K. B. E. , C. B. , A. F. C. and Bar

Born: 9 Nov 1902, Bampton, Devonshire, England
Died: 9 Sep 1983, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England aged 80

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Spouses/Children:

bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/10061232/person/2006250074

bullet Death Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/10061232/person/2006250074

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Honours. Extract from the London Gazette 24 February 1933

"The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned rewards to the officers named in recognition of their achievement in establishing a world's long-distance record by their, non-stop flight from Cranwell to -Walvis Bay, a distance of 5,340 miles, on 6th to 8th February, 1933 :\emdash

Air Force Cross.

Squadron Leader Oswald Robert GAYFORD, D.F.C.

Bar to the Air Force Cross.

Flight Lieutenant Gilbert Edward NICHOLETTS, A.F.C."

http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Nicholetts.html

• Marital Status. 4 Dec 2011 - I could find no trace of a spouse or children. He was certainly single aged 29. He seems to be a career soldier.

• Military Service. RAF
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1921. He was appointed appointed Officer Commanding No. 228 Squadron just at the start of World War II. He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Haifa and then RAF Shallufa before being taken Prisoner of War in 1942. After the War he became Senior Air Service Officer at Headquarters No. 25 (Armament) Group and then Air Officer Commanding the Central Photographic Establishment before becoming Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1948. He was then made Senior Air Service Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1951, Air Officer Commanding No. 21 Group in 1953 and Air Officer Commanding AHQ Malta in 1956. His last appointment was as Inspector-General of the RAF in 1958 before retiring in 1959.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Nicholetts

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/10061232/person/2006250074

And

http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Nicholetts.html

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