The Flag Officer, Flying Training, later called Flag Officer Naval Flying Training, was a senior
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
appointment responsible for all naval aviation flying training from 1945 to 1970.
History
Vice-Admiral
Lumley Lyster
Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Lumley St George Lyster, (27 April 1888 – 4 August 1957) was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War.
Naval career
After leaving Berkhamsted School, in 1902 Lyster joined HMS ''Britannia'' to train for a nav ...
held the post of Flag Officer Carrier Training and Administration from its establishment on April 27, 1943, to September 1945. In September 1945, Vice-Admiral Lyster hauled down his flag and his post was abolished. Instead three separate admirals' posts supervising different areas of naval aviation training were created. One of them was the appointment of Flag Officer, Flying Training. The post was abolished in 1970.
The officer holder reported to the
Flag Officer, Air (Home)
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from 1945 to 1964 then the
Flag Officer Naval Air Command
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History
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from 1964 to 1970.
Flag Officer's, Flying Training
:Post holders included:
* Rear-Admiral
Lachlan D. Mackintosh: September 1945 – September 1947
* Rear-Admiral
Charles E. Lambe: September 1947 – August 1949
* Rear-Admiral
Edmund W. Anstice: August 1949 – August 1951
* Rear-Admiral
Walter T. Couchman: August 1951 – June 1953
* Rear-Admiral
Guy Willoughby: June 1953 – February 1956
* Rear-Admiral
Charles L.G. Evans: February 1956 – October 1957
* Rear-Admiral
Dennis R.F. Cambell: October 1957 – September 1960
* Rear-Admiral
Frank H.E. Hopkins: September 1960 – October 1961
* Rear-Admiral
Philip D. Gick: October 1961 – July 1964
Flag Officer Naval Flying Training
* Rear-Admiral
Donald C.E.F. Gibson: July 1964 – October 1965
* Rear-Admiral
David W. Kirke: October 1965 – February 1968
* Rear-Admiral
Cedric K. Roberts: February 1968 – November 1970
References
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