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John Bradley (RAF officer)

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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Died
  
January 6, 1982

Years of service
  
1914–1945

Rank
  
Air marshal

Name
  
John Bradley

Role
  
RAF officer


John Bradley (RAF officer)

Born
  
11 April 1888 Cork, Ireland (
1888-04-11
)

Service/branch
  
British Army (1914–18)  Royal Air Force (1918–45)

Commands held
  
RAF Maintenance Command (1938–42) RAF Northolt (1930–31) No. 14 Squadron (1921–24)

Battles/wars
  
First World War Second World War

Awards
  
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Air Marshal Sir John Stanley Travers Bradley, (11 April 1888 – 6 January 1982) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Maintenance Command.

RAF career

Bradley served with the East Yorkshire Regiment and then the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War, transferring to the Royal Air Force in August 1918. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 14 Squadron in 1921 and Station Commander at RAF Northolt in 1930. Promoted to group captain in July 1931, Bradley went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Wessex Bombing Area in November 1931, Director of Equipment at the Air Ministry in 1935, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command in 1938. He continued in that role during the Second World War, though he moved on to be Deputy Air Member for Supply & Organisation in 1942 before retiring at the end of the war.

References

John Bradley (RAF officer) Wikipedia


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