Allegiance United Kingdom Died January 11, 1989 Years of service 1925–1959 Battles and wars World War II | Battles/wars World War II Service/branch Royal Air Force Name Geoffrey Tuttle Rank Air marshal | |
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Commands held No. 105 Squadron
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
No. 324 Wing
AHQ Greece
No. 19 Group Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath, Distinguished Flying Cross | ||
Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey William Tuttle KBE CB DFC (2 October 1906 – 11 January 1989) was a former senior Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
RAF career
Tuttle joined the Royal Air Force in 1925. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 105 Squadron in 1937. He served in World War II as Commander of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit and then as Officer Commanding No. 324 Wing before being appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force and then Air Officer Commanding AHQ Greece. In Greece his initial force consisted of Nos 94, 108, and 221 Squadrons. After the War he became Director of Operational Requirements at the Air Ministry and then Air Officer for Administration at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command. He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1951, Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group in 1954 and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in 1956 before retiring in 1959.
In retirement he became General Manager at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aviation) Limited.