Educated at
King George V Grammar School and the
University of Leeds, Dodworth joined the
Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1963. As a junior officer he was one of the first pilots to be trained on the
Harrier. He became officer commanding operations at
RAF Wittering in 1976, Air Commander in Belize in 1980 and a member of the directing staff at the
RAF Staff College, Bracknell, in 1982. ==References==