Douglas Bader

[longer ron]

Originally Posted by Wander00

DB was a sqn ldr when shot down, so presumably repatriated as such. No promotion whilst in prison camp, yet a year or so after returning to UK he is a gp capt, when many are being reverted to substantive peacetime rank. So how com he skips through wg cdr to gp cap so quickly?

From RAF unit histories https://www.unithistories.com/office...icers_b01.html

WS = War Substantive
A = Acting
T = Temporary