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GIDDY
1. Name
2. Date Commissioned
3. Date Retired
4. Rank
5. Awarded Wings
6. Flying Schools
7. Aircraft Types Flown
8. Squadrons
9. Aircraft Carriers
10. Senior Appointments
11. Decorations
Robert Maxwell GIDDY
1 October 1919
12 September 1947
Died 29 August 1974
Lieutenant Colonel RM
June 1925
R.A.F Netheravon 16 June 1924
R.A.F Gosport 9 January 1925
Torpedo and Spotter types i.e. Fairey IUD etc
Furious - possibly 421 Flight. 1925 & 1928
445 Flight - Courageous. 1927
440 Flight - Hermes. 1931
Furious 1925
Courageous 1927
Furious 1928 and 1929
Hermes 1931
F.A.A no record
1939/45 War medals incl. Atlantic, Burma, Defence
12. General
13. RAF Rank
Giddy was one of the 19 R.M. Officers who responded to A.FO. 1058/24 and volunteered for flying training in 1924.
Apart from normal appointments in first line Flights there is no record available. He had two periods of flying duty, the last in 1933 when he reverted finally to Corps Duties.
He retired on 12 September 1947 and died on 29 August 1974.
Flying Officer 16 June 1924
Flying Marines
A History of Royal Marines Aviation
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