Hugh Champion de Crespigny Military person

Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny CB MC DFC (8 April 1897 – 20 June 1969) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who commanded British Air Forces in Iraq during World War II.

Personal facts

Hugh Champion de Crespigny
Birth dateApril 08, 1897
Birth place
Melbourne , Elsternwick Victoria
Date of deathJune 20, 1969

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
military operations
World War II
World War I
military command
No. 39 Squadron
Air Headquarters Iraq
No. 29 Squadron
No. 2 (Indian) Wing
No. 21 (Training) Group
No. 25 (Armament) Group
No. 60 Squadron
No. 65 Squadron
service start1915
service end1945

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