Thomas Prickett Military person

Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Öther Prickett KCB, DSO, DFC (31 July 1913 – 23 January 2010) was a World War II bomber pilot and senior Royal Air Force commander in the 1950s and 1960s. He was chief of staff to the air commander, Air Marshal Denis Barnett, for Operation Musketeer (the Anglo-French-Israeli plan for the invasion of Egypt to capture the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis).

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 31, 1913
Birth place
Lindfield West Sussex , Sussex
Date of deathJanuary 23, 2010

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Suez Crisis
World War II
military command
Transport Command
RAF Tangmere
RAF Near East Air Force
Support Command
RAF Jever
service start1937
service end1970

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