Sebastian Cox

Sebastian Cox OBE (born in 1956), is the Head of the Air Historical Branch (AHB) of the Royal Air Force, a specialist archive and history unit based at RAF Northolt, Middlesex, which seeks to maintain and preserve the historical memory of the RAF and to develop and encourage "an informed understanding of RAF and air power history by providing accurate and timely advice to Ministers, the RAF, other government departments and the general public".[1] He has worked at the AHB since 1984 and been its Head since May 1996.[2]

Life

Cox attended the King Edward School in Bath.[3] He is a graduate of Warwick University and King's College London. He was curator of documents at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, before joining the Air Historical Branch as a researcher in 1984. He is the first civilian to serve as its Head.[4] He was made OBE on the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the Royal Air Force and aviation heritage.[5]

References
  1. "CENTRE FOR AIR POWER STUDIES | Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies (RAF CAPS)". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  2. "Aspects of Anglo-US Co-operation in the Air in the First World War". Airpower.maxwell.af.mil. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. Unit, British Bombing Survey (9 July 1941). The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939-1945: Report of the British ... - British Bombing Survey Unit. p. 199. ISBN 9780714647227. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  4. "RUSI - Previous Events". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  5. "2017 Birthday Honours for Service personnel and Defence civilians".


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