Sandy Johnstone Military person

Air Vice Marshal Alexander Vallance Riddell Johnstone CB, DFC, AE, DL, RAF, better known as Sandy Johnstone, (2 June 1916–13 December 2000) was a Scottish airman. He served as a Royal Air Force squadron, wing and station commander during World War II and the commander of Commonwealth forces operating in Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 02, 1916
Birth place
Glasgow
Date of deathDecember 13, 2000
Place of death
Denham Buckinghamshire

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Military person

allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Deputy Lieutenant
Air Efficiency Award
military operations
Battle of Britain
World War II
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
military branch
Royal Air Force
service start1934
service end1968

Sandy Johnstone on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0037.html
  2. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Johnstone.htm
  3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/19/db01.xml