Letter to John Leadbetter from the Air Ministry

Letter to John Leadbetter from the Air Ministry

The letter relinquishes his commission in the RAF Volunteer reserve. Included is a copy of the relevant Queen's regulations.

1961-11-14

One typewritten and one printed sheet

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

EAirMinLeadbetterJ611114-0001, EAirMinLeadbetterJ611114-0002

AIR MINISTRY,
ADASTRAL HOUSE,
THEOBALDS ROAD,
LONDON W.C.1.
14th November, 1961.
Ref. A.650903/44/AR8a

Sir,
I am directed to refer to your letter dated 6th November, reporting your change of address and to inform you that under a Royal Warrant dated 29th June, 1959, issued by Her Majesty in the light of the Navy, Army and Air Force Reserve Act, 1959, your commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve was relinquished with effect from 1st July, 1959, and you were granted permission to retain the rank of Flying Officer.
This grant of rank does not confer the right to any emoluments nor does it carry with it permission to wear uniform save on special occasions mentioned in the Queen’s Regulations, paragraph 214, a copy of which is enclosed.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]

Flying Officer J Leadbetter,
102 Victoria Road,
Pendleton,
Salford 6.