His performance in the course was so exceptional that in 1934 he was permitted, though the scheme for RAF officers had been ended the year before, to take a two-year engineering course as a member of Peterhouse, the oldest college of Cambridge University, graduating in 1936 with a First in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos. The Ministry gave him permission to spend a further year after graduation working with the aerodynamicist Melvill Jones.Nahum 2004 p22 On 1 February 1934, he was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant.
His performance in the course was so exceptional that in 1934 he was permitted though the scheme for RAF officers had been ended the year before to take a two-year engineering course as a member of Peterhouse the oldest college of Cambridge University graduating in 1936 with a First in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos The Ministry gave him permission to spend a further year after graduation working with the aerodynamicist Melvill JonesNahum 2004 p22 On 1 February 1934 he was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant