Robert Cecil Dawkins was a senior office in the Royal Air Force with a rank immediately below what other rank?
Robert Cecil Dawkins Group Captain Robert Cecil Dawkins CBE (1903-1985) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. In September 1951 he was made CBE for services in Malaya, principally for operational achievements while he was in command of the R.A.F. station at Tengah. In 1951 he was made station commander at R.A.F. Hendon until his retirement in 1955.
Under-Secretary of State for Air The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Secretary of State for Air in his role of managing the Royal Air Force. It was established on 10 January 1919, replacing the previous short-lived posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board and Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council