Blucke was
commissioned into the 3rd Battalion the
Dorsetshire Regiment in 1915 during the
First World War and transferred to
No. 63 Squadron on formation of the Royal Air Force in April 1918. He became a Signals Officer at the Experimental Section of the
Royal Aircraft Establishment in January 1934 and in February 1935 he flew a
Handley Page Heyford over
Stowe Nine Churches becoming the first pilot to be detected by
radar. He served in the
Second World War as
Officer Commanding the Blind Approach Training and Development Unit and then as Officer Commanding the Wireless Investigation Development Unit before joining the Directorate of Flying Training at the
Air Ministry in November 1940. before becoming Station Commander at
RAF Ludford Magna in 1943 and Air Officer Commanding
No. 1 (Bomber) Group in 1945. After the War he was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at
Air Headquarters India and then became Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Technical Training Command in 1947. He went on to be Air Officer Administration at Headquarters
Far East Air Force in 1949, Air Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Malaya in 1951 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at
RAF Transport Command in January 1952 before retiring in July that year. ==Personal life==