John Tyssen

Air Vice-Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen, CB, MC (20 June 1889 – 4 January 1953) was a British Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the first half of the Second World War. He was Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq (20 November 1937 – November 1939)[1]

John Tyssen
Born(1889-06-20)20 June 1889
Died4 January 1953(1953-01-04) (aged 63)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army (1907–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–42)
Years of service1907–42
RankAir vice-marshal
Commands heldNo. 16 Group (1940–42)
British Forces in Iraq (1937– 39)
No. 12 Group (1937)
RAF Gosport (1930–35)
RAF Tangmere (1926–28)
No. 5 Wing (1923–24)
No. 20 Squadron (1920–23)
No. 58 Squadron (1918)
No. 26 Squadron (1917–18)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross
Mentioned in dispatches

References

  1. His Majesty's Stationery Office London: The Air Force List, February 1939


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