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Lieutenant Commander D R George AFC RN Signed Naval Art
Naval Art  Signatures D to I  George, D R |
Lieutenant Commander D R George AFC RN
Lieutenant Commander D R George AFC RN joined the Royal Navy as an Artificer Apprentice in 1965. He was commissioned in 1968 and qualified as a commando helicopter pilot in 1970. Served with 847 Squadron, 848 Squadron, and 771 Squadron 1970-72 and joined the SAR Flight on Ark Royal in 1973. Between 1975 and 1977 he was an Instructor with 705 Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose. He joined Ark Royal again in 1977 as SAR Flight Commander. He returned to 705 Squadron as Training Officer in 1979. 1981-82 was SAR Flight Commander at RNAS Lee-on-Solent and became an Instructor in 707 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton in 1982. He returned to 705 Squadron as Senior Pilot in 1983. Between 1985 and 1988 he was Commanding Officer of 771 Squadron at RNAS Culdrose before becoming Chief Instructor of the Flying Training School at Culdrose in 1988. In 1991 he became Commanding Officer, Naval Flying Standards Flight (RW) and in 1993 he became Lieutenant Commander Flying, RNAS Culdrose. In 1996, before he retired from the Navy in 1997, he was 1st Lieutenant RNAS Culdrose. He is at present Air Day Commercial Manager and Air Day Co-ordinator for RNAS Culdrose.
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Ark Royal by Philip West. HMS Ark Royal IV - Flagship of the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers - a mobile airfield and a most impressive sight as she launches a Phantom from one of her catapults. She had a standard displacement of 43,000 tons, a beam of 168 feet, and was 846 feet long. Ships company numbered 2,570 and her Air Group consisted of Phantom Interceptors, Buccaneer strike and Gannet AEW aircraft together with Wessex SAR and Sea King ASW helicopters. She served her Nation and the Royal Navy for 23 years and sailed 800,000 miles of valuable service, finally being decommissioned in 1979. |
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