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|name= Sir Cecil Bouchier
|birth_date= 14 October 1895
|death_date= 15 June 1979 (aged 83)
|birth_place= Fleet, Hampshire
|death_place= Worthing Hospital, Worthing, West Sussex
|image=Air Commodore Bouchier.jpg
|caption=Cecil Bouchier as an air commodore
|nickname="Boy"
|allegiance=Great Britain
|serviceyears=1915–1953
|rank= Air Vice Marshal
|commands= No. 21 Group (1948–49)
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No. 221 Group (1945)
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RAF Hornchurch (1938–40)
No. 54 Squadron (1936–38)
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|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying Cross
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Cecil Arthur Bouchier {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DFC}} (14 October 1895 – 15 June 1979) served with the British Army, Royal Flying Corps, Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force from 1915 to 1953. He was Air Officer Commanding British Commonwealth Air Forces as part of the Occupation Force in Japan from 1945 to 1948.

Bouchier was married to Dorothy Britton, who translated a number of Japanese books into English.

Awards and decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to Flying Officer Cecil Arthur Bouchier on 18 November 1919.

{{quote|Flying Officer Cyril Arthur Bouchier – A very skilful pilot of marked, initiative and courage. Has been brought to notice on many occasions for the determination shown in his attacks. His methods are somewhat original. By flying low, parallel with and behind the enemy's lines, stampeding convoys and destroying wagons, he has caused the greatest confusion amongst the enemy, to the great advantage of our own forces. Flying Officer Bouchier is a highly competent reconnaissance officer^[1]}}

The citation had the wrong first name and was corrected to Cecil in a later gazette.^[2]

Squadron Leader Cecil Arthur Bouchier, DFC appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 23 June 1936 ^[3]
Air Commodore Cecil Arthur Bouchier CBE, DFC appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 June 1945^[4]
9 March 1948 Air Vice Marshal Cecil Arthur Bouchier, CB, CBE, DFC is allowed to war decoration of Commander of the Legion of Merit conferred by the President of the United States in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war.^[5]
Air Vice Marshal Cecil Arthur Bouchier, CB, CBE, DFC appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1953^[6]

Promotions

Trumpeter, Honourable Artillery Company^[7]
Flying Officer – 2 February 1918 (Royal Flying Corps)^[7]
Flying Officer – 1 August 1919 (permamanent commission Royal Air Force)^[8]
Flight Lieutenant – 1 January 1926 ^[9]
Squadron Leader – 1 August 1935 ^[10]
Wing Commander – 1 July 1938 ^[11]
Group Captain – 1 December 1940
Air Commodore – 1 October 1946
Air Vice Marshal – 25 June 1949

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Notes

1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31647 |date=18 November 1919 |page=14000|supp=y}}
2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31691 |date=16 December 1919 |page=15615|supp=y}}
3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=34296 |date=19 June 1936 |page=4003 |supp=y}}
4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=37119 |date=8 June 1945 |page=2936|supp=y}}
5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=38231 |date=9 March 1948 |page=1743|supp=y}}
6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=39732 |date=30 December 1952 |page=9|supp=y}}
7. ^¹{{London Gazette |issue=30666 |date=29 December 1925 |page=5340 |supp=y}}
8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31669 |date=2 December 1919 |page=8 }}
9. ^{{London Gazette |issue=33119 |date=29 December 1925 |page=14924 }}
10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=34187 |date=6 August 1935 |page=5054 }}
11. ^{{London Gazette |issue=34527 |date=1 July 1938 |page=4248 }}

Further reading

Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal Sir Cecil Bouchier
Air Vice Marshal Sir Cecil Bouchier, Spitfires in Japan – A Memoir, Global Oriental, 2005.
Grey, Jeffrey. The Commonwealth Armies and the Korean War: An Alliance Study. Manchester University Press, 1990.

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