Bradley served with the
East Yorkshire Regiment and then the
Machine Gun Corps during the
First World War, transferring to the
Royal Air Force in August 1918. He was appointed
Officer Commanding No. 14 Squadron in 1921 and Station Commander at
RAF Northolt in 1930. Bradley went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Wessex Bombing Area in November 1931, Director of Equipment at the Air Ministry in 1935, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Maintenance Command in 1938. He continued in that role during the
Second World War, though he moved on to be Deputy Air Member for Supply & Organisation in 1942 before retiring at the end of the war. ==References==