Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch Royal Air Force Years of service 1915 - 1947 Rank Air vice-marshal | Name Sturley Simpson Died April 28, 1966 | |
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Commands held No. 4 Squadron
RAF Thornaby
AHQ Gibraltar
No. 18 Group Battles/wars World War I
World War II Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross | ||
Battles and wars World War I, World War II | ||
Air Vice-Marshal Sturley Philip Simpson CB, CBE, MC, RAF (13 June 1896 – 28 April 1966) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
RAF career
Simpson was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915 during World War I. Awarded the Military Cross in 1927, he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 4 Squadron in 1930 and Station Commander at RAF Thornaby in 1938. During World War II he commanded AHQ Gibraltar and then No. 18 Group. He retired in 1947.
After the War he was Commandant at Northolt Aerodrome.
References
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