Allegiance United Kingdom Died December 6, 1965 Battles/wars World War II Battles and wars World War II | Name Brian Reynolds Service/branch Royal Air Force Role RAF officer Rank Air marshal | |
Commands held No. 43 Squadron
No. 801 Squadron
No. 64 (Northern) Group
RAF Northern Ireland
No. 67 (Northern Ireland) Group
No. 22 Group
AHQ Malta
Coastal Command Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire | ||
Air Marshal Sir Brian Vernon Reynolds, (4 June 1902 – 6 December 1965) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command.
RAF career
Educated at St Olave's Grammar School, Reynolds served with the 28th London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) before joining the Royal Air Force in 1922. Having served as Adjutant at RAF Leuchars he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 43 Squadron in January 1936 before moving on to be Officer Commanding No. 801 Squadron in June 1936. He served in the Second World War as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 247 Group and then at No. 222 Group.
After the war he became Chief of Staff to the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong before being appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 64 (Northern) Group in 1946, Air Officer Commanding RAF Northern Ireland in 1948 and Air Officer Commanding No. 67 (Northern Ireland) Group in March 1950. After that he was made Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group in July 1950, Air Officer Commanding AHQ Malta in 1952 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Air) at Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1953 before becoming Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command in 1956 and retiring in 1959.
In retirement he became Chairman of Malta Metropolitan Airlines.