Bufton joined the Royal Air Force in 1927. As a young man he was a
Welsh International
Hockey player (1931–1937) as well as playing for the
RAF and the
Combined Services. He headed the preparations for the ill-fated
Operation Thunderclap and for the air warfare against cities and civilians in German-occupied Europe. After the War he was appointed Commandant of the Central Bomber Establishment and then Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations and Plans) at Headquarters Air Forces Western Europe in 1948. He was made Director of Weapons at the
Air Ministry in 1951, Air Officer Administration at Headquarters
Bomber Command in 1952 and Air Officer Commanding at
British Forces Aden in 1953. His last appointments were as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Bomber Command in 1955 and as
Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence) at the Air Ministry in 1958 before retiring in 1961. After retiring from the RAF, he joined
Radionic Ltd. as an inventor and later became managing director until 1970. ==References==