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Valston Hancock
Air Marshal Sir Valston Eldridge (Val) Hancock, KBE, CB, DFC (31 May 1907 – 29 September 1998) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff from 1961 to 1965. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Hancock transferred to the RAAF in 1929 and qualified as a pilot. His administrative training at Duntroon saw him primarily occupy staff posts, including Deputy Director of Operations and Intelligence at RAAF Headquarters from 1931 to 1935, and Director of Works and Buildings from 1937 to 1939. During the early years of World War II, he commanded No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, and held senior planning and administrative positions. He eventually saw combat in the Aitape–Wewak campaign of the Pacific War during 1945. Flying Bristol Beaufort light bombers, he led first No. 100 Squadron, and later No. 71 Wing. His actions earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Hancock became the inaugural commandant of RAAF College. His subsequent positions included Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1951 to 1953, Air Member for Personnel from 1953 to 1955, and Air Officer Commanding (AOC) No. 224 Group RAF in Malaya, responsible for all Commonwealth air forces in the region, from 1957 to 1959. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1958, he served as AOC RAAF Operational Command from 1959 to 1961, before being promoted to air marshal and commencing his term as Chief of the Air Staff. He was knighted in 1962. In his role as the Air Force's senior officer, Hancock initiated redevelopment of RAAF Base Learmonth in north Western Australia, as part of a chain of forward airfields for the defence of the continent. He also evaluated potential replacements for the RAAF's English Electric Canberra bomber, selecting the American "TFX" (later the General Dynamics F-111) as the most suitable for Australia's needs, though he did not recommend its immediate purchase due to its early stage of development. After his retirement from the military in May 1965, Hancock co-founded the Australia Defence Association. He died in 1998, aged 91.
==Early career==
Hancock was born on 31 May 1907 in Perth, Western Australia, and educated at Hale School in Wembley Downs.〔(Air Marshals ) at Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 14 April 2011.〕 He was the elder cousin of future mining magnate Lang Hancock.〔Commonwealth of Australia, "Parliamentary Debates", p. 9910〕 Val Hancock entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1925 and graduated as senior cadet in 1928, earning the Sword of Honour.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives ) at King's College London. Retrieved 9 December 2007.〕〔Moore, ''Duntroon'', pp. 457–459〕 His preferred career path in the military was engineering, and it was only when he found that there was no vacancy in his corps of choice, and that he had instead been earmarked for the artillery, that he put his name forward for transfer to the Royal Australian Air Force.〔Dennis et al, ''Oxford Companion to Australian Military History'', p. 254〕〔Coulthard-Clark, ''The Third Brother'', p. 196〕 He enlisted in the RAAF on 1 February 1929, and undertook flying instruction at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria, later that year.〔〔(Hancock, Valston Eldridge ) at (World War 2 Nominal Roll ). Retrieved 14 April 2011.〕
Hancock's initial postings after qualifying as a pilot were to Nos. 1 and 3 Squadrons.〔 It was, however, common practice for Duntroon graduates to be given staff positions in the Air Force because of their training in administration, and Hancock was no exception. He spent most of the 1930s in a succession of posts at RAAF Headquarters in Melbourne.〔 From 1931 to 1935, he served as Deputy Director of Operations and Intelligence.〔 He married Joan Butler on 26 May 1932; the couple had two sons and a daughter.〔Draper, ''Who's Who in Australia 1983'', pp. 381–382〕 By 1935, Hancock had been promoted to flight lieutenant and appointed Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff.〔〔Coulthard-Clark, ''The Third Brother'', p. 154〕 In 1937 he was posted to Britain to attend the RAF Staff College, Andover. Like other Commonwealth air forces, the RAAF maintained close technological and educational ties with the Royal Air Force, and Hancock was one of 30 Australian officers to pass through Andover before the outbreak of World War II.〔〔Coulthard-Clark, ''The Third Brother'', pp. 81, 90–91〕 Returning to Australia in 1938, he was promoted to squadron leader and became Director of Works and Buildings, commonly known as "Works and Bricks", at RAAF Headquarters.〔〔Gillison, (''Royal Australian Air Force'', pp. 94–95 )〕
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