Michael Donaldson (RAF officer)

Michael Donaldson
Born (1943-07-22) 22 July 1943
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Years of service 1965–1996
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands held RAF Staff College, Bracknell
Royal Observer Corps
RAF Wattisham
No. 23 Squadron
No. 19 Squadron
Awards Member of the Order of the British Empire
Other work Principal of Yorkshire Coast College (1996–03)

Air Vice Marshal Michael Phillips Donaldson MBE (born 22 July 1943) is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who became the 22nd Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1992 to 1993.

RAF career

Educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, Donaldson joined the Royal Air Force in 1965.[1] He became Officer Commanding No. 19 Squadron in 1983, Officer Commanding No. 23 Squadron in 1985 and Deputy Personal Staff Officer to the Chief the Defence Staff in 1986.[1] Promoted to group captain, he went on to be Station Commander at RAF Wattisham in 1987 and following promotion to air commodore on 1 April 1992, he became Senior Air Staff Officer at No. 11 Group. He simultaneously held the appointment of Commandant Royal Observer Corps (ROC) at a time when the majority of the ROC had been stood down, leaving a small number of Nuclear Reporting Cell observers serving at various Armed Forces HQs all over the UK.[2] Promoted to air vice marshal, he served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell from 1993 until leaving the RAF in 1996.[3]

In retirement Donaldson became Principal of Yorkshire Coast College, where he remained until retirement in 2003.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. "Units directly responsible to Ministry level". rafweb.org. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. "Senior Royal Air Force appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
George Boddy
Commandant Royal Observer Corps
1992–1993
Succeeded by
Cliff Spink
Preceded by
Robert Peters
Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell
1993–1996
Succeeded by
Marten van der Veen
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