 Complete the following phrase:  In July 1940 he was appointed to command of RAF Leeming, Yorkshire. On 1 December 1940 he was promoted to temporary group captain, and in January 1941 appointed an Air Aide-de-Camp to the King. His next assignment was as Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters RAF Far East, in July 1941, being promoted in January 1942 to acting air commodore, and on 11 February was assigned as Senior Air Staff Officer, Westgroup, Java. On 10 March 1942, following the 