Allegiance United Kingdom Role RAF officer Years of service 1931–1963 Battles and wars World War II | Battles/wars Second World War Service/branch Royal Air Force Name John Barker Rank Air vice-marshal | |
Commands held Royal Ceylon Air Force (1959–63)
RAF Ismailia (1950–53)
No. 625 Squadron RAF (1944–45)
No. 241 Squadron RAF (1941–43) Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (2) Died May 7, 2004, Exeter, United Kingdom | ||
Air Vice Marshal John Lindsay Barker (12 November 1910 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the following years. He was the second Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force during the early 1960s.
Signals from chiefs of staff to Barker in his capacity as commander Shield Force relating to the re-establishment of British administration in Hong Kong are held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.
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