Commodore (rank) lieutenant-colonel or wing commander in other air forces. Commodore is a rank in the Royal Netherlands Air Force. It is a one-star rank and has essentially the same rank insignia as the British air commodore. Many air forces use the rank of air commodore. This rank was first used by the Royal Air Force and is now used in many countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Greece, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand and Zimbabwe. It is the equivalent rank to the navy rank of "commodore", and the army ranks of brigadier and brigadier general. The German air force used the
William Beloe (Royal Navy officer) William Beloe (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir (Isaac) William (Trant) Beloe (9 December 1909 – 3 April 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Beloe joined the Royal Navy in 1923. He served in World War II commanding the destroyer HMS "Campbeltown" and frigate HMS "Cotton" in the Western Approaches, Western Mediterranean and Russian convoys. After the War he commanded the destroyer HMS "Contest" and then became Deputy Director of the Royal Navy Staff College before commanding the destroyer HMS "Dainty" and then the aircraft carrier HMS "Ocean". He was appointed Commodore commanding