Andrew Humphrey Military person

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Henry Humphrey GCB, OBE, DFC, AFC & Two Bars (10 January 1921 – 24 January 1977) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He fought in World War II as a fighter pilot taking part in the Battle of Britain and also took part in the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967. He served as the Chief of the Air Staff advising the new Labour Government on the implementation of their latest Defence Review. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff but caught pneumonia within three months of taking office and died shortly afterwards.

Personal facts

Andrew Humphrey
Birth dateJanuary 10, 1921
Birth place
Edinburgh , Scotland
Date of deathJanuary 24, 1977
Place of death
Buckinghamshire , RAF Halton

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Mentioned in dispatches
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Order of the British Empire
military operations
World War II
Aden Emergency
military command
Chief of the Defence Staff
Chief of the Air Staff
RAF Akrotiri
RAF Strike Command
service start1939
service end1977

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