Squadron Leader Wilfred Ronald Gellatly, OBE AFC, RNZAF (Retired)
He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1940. During the last year of World War II, he commanded No.243 Squadron, Royal Air Force. The squadron flew the Douglas Dakota (C-47) from British bases in the Southwest Pacific Area. Squadron Leader Gellatly attended the Empire Test Pilot School in 1950, and for the next four years was the helicopter flight commander at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at RAF Boscombe Down. In the New Year’s Honors, 1 January 1954, the squadron leader was awarded the Air Force Cross. He joined Fairey Aviation ,Ltd., as Chief Test Pilot. On 8 June 1963, Gellatly was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air. After the merger with Westland Helicopters at Yeovil in 1967, Gellatly remained with the company as chief test pilot. On 1 January 1970, Squadron Leader Gellatly was invested an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He retired from Westland in 1976 after having made the first flight of five new helicopters, including the Lynx. 

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