Stanley Vincent - Inter-war Years

Inter-war Years

In 1921 he was appointed flight commander at the newly opened Royal Air Force College Cranwell. In 1923 he returned to operations in Iraq with No. 30 Squadron RAF. His overseas posting finished in 1928 and he travelled home in order to join No. 1 Squadron RAF at Tangmere. Promoted Squadron Leader in 1931, Vincent took command of No. 41 Squadron RAF at RAF Northolt and it was here that he was involved in the early experiments with Radio Telephony.

However he soon returned to Iraq to replace the CO of No. 80 Squadron RAF who was taken ill and returned home. It was during this time that Vincent took part in the first reinforcement flight to Singapore. He too was taken ill at the end of 1934 and returned home. In June 1936 he was appointed as Commanding Officer of the Air Fighting Development Unit. In late 1936 he was promoted Wing Commander and was made Officer Commanding RAF Northolt.