Career
Willcock was commissioned into the 9th (Reserve) Battalion of the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1914 and went on to serve as a Squadron Commander with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Following his promotion to Wing Commander in 1928, he was appointed Station Commander at Royal Air Force Kenley in 1928 before going on to be Air Attaché in Shanghai in 1933 and Director of Staff Duties at the Air Ministry in 1938. He served in World World War II as Air Officer Commanding Number. 21 (Training) Group. He became Air Officer Commanding AHQ Iraq and Persia in 1943 and then became Head of the Royal Air Force delegation in Washington Doctorate. C. in 1944 before retiring in 1945.
In retirement he was the Civil Aviation Adviser to the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Australia.
