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John Whitley (RAF officer)

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Air Marshal Sir John Rene Whitley, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSO|AFC1}} (7 September 1905 – 26 December 1997) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and also in the post-war years.

RAF career

Whitley joined the Royal Air Force in 1926.^[1] While serving in India, he was awarded the Air Force Cross for relief flights after the 1935 Quetta earthquake.^[1] He served in the Second World War as Officer Commanding No. 149 Squadron and then as Station Commander at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.^[1] In April 1943, he was shot down in a Halifax bomber over Belgium. Landing by parachute in Northern France, with the help of the French Resistance he escaped through the Basque country to Spain.^[2]^[3] Returning to England, he continued his war service as Station Commander at RAF Lissett and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 43 Base.^[1] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 4 Group and then Air Officer Commanding No. 8 Group.^[1]

After the war he served as Assistant Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Air Command South East Asia and then as Station Commander at RAF Karachi.^[1] He was appointed Director of Organisation (Establishments) at the Air Ministry in 1947 and Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1951.^[1] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1953, Air Member for Personnel in 1957 and Inspector-General of the RAF in 1959 before retiring in 1962.^[1]

References

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Whitley
2. ^Brickhill, P. (1962) Escape - or Die Pan London, pp. 137-155
3. ^Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary: Bomber Command {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514040121/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/group.html |date=2011-05-14 }}

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