 5 Flying Training School, RAF Sealand, in 1925, and from December 1925 attended the Staff College, Quetta, and then served at Headquarters RAF India until 1928.On 21 January 1928 he returned to No.8 Squadron as Commanding Officer, based in Aden, and on 15 March 1929 his name was brought to notice by Group Captain William Mitchell, commander of British Forces in Aden, for his "distinguished services rendered in connection with the operations in the Protectorate of Aden during the period June to August 1928".