Frederick Halahan

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|name= Frederick Crosby Halahan

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1880|05|27|df=yes}}

|death_date= {{death date and age|1965|10|17|1880|05|27|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Camberwell, Surrey

|death_place= Battle, East Sussex

|allegiance= United Kingdom

|branch= Royal Navy (1894–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–31)

|serviceyears= 1894–1930, 1939-?

|rank= Air Vice Marshal

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|commands= RAF College Cranwell (1926–29)
No. 5 Group (1918)

|battles= First World War
Second World War

|awards= Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)

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Air Vice Marshal Frederick Crosby Halahan, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CMG|CBE|DSO|MVO|DL}} (27 May 1880 – 17 October 1965) was a gunnery officer in the Royal Navy during the early years of the 20th century who became involved in early naval aviation efforts.

Naval and Air Force service

Halahan served in the Royal Navy, and was promoted lieutenant on 15 December 1900.{{London Gazette |issue=27372 |date=5 November 1901 |page=7146}} He later served through the First World War with the navy and in the Royal Air Force from its establishment in 1918 through to 1930, including posting as commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1926–29. During the Second World War, Halahan rejoined the RAF, serving on the staff of the Directorate of Personal Services.

Screen portrayal

Halahan was portrayed by Walter Hudd in the 1956 film Reach for the Sky as the Cranwell commandant who gives a friendly reprimand to young Douglas Bader for his disregard for service discipline and flight rules.{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=S.P.|title=Bader's War|year=2008|publisher=Spellmount Publishers|page=18|isbn=978-0-7524-5534-1}}For real life details, described as a "private warning". Despite that Bader successfully completed his training and was posted to No. 23 Squadron at RAF Kenley before he famously lost his legs.

References

External links

[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Halahan.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice-Marshal F C Halahan]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713211850/http://www.linleyfh.com/oursecondsite-p/p351.htm Linley & Jim Hooper's family history pages – Air Vice Marshal Frederick Crosby Halahan]

{{s-ttl|title=Commandant Royal Air Force College Cranwell|years=1926–1929}}

Category:1880 births

Category:1965 deaths

Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Category:Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)

Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

Category:Members of the Royal Victorian Order

Category:Officers of the Legion of Honour

Category:People educated at Dulwich College

Category:Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium)

Category:Royal Air Force air marshals