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Educated at [[Rugby School]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Baldwin was commissioned into the [[8th King's Royal Irish Hussars|8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars]] in 1911 and served as a cavalry Officer in the [[First World War]].<ref name="Handbook">{{cite book |last=Falconer|first=Jonathon|title=The Bomber Command Handbook 1939–1945|year=1998 |publisher= Sutton Publishing Limited|location= Stroud |isbn=0-7509-1819-5}}</ref> |
Educated at [[Rugby School]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Baldwin was commissioned into the [[8th King's Royal Irish Hussars|8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars]] in 1911 and served as a cavalry Officer in the [[First World War]].<ref name="Handbook">{{cite book |last=Falconer|first=Jonathon|title=The Bomber Command Handbook 1939–1945|year=1998 |publisher= Sutton Publishing Limited|location= Stroud |isbn=0-7509-1819-5}}</ref> |
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==Military service== |
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Baldwin was awarded the [[Royal Aero Club]]'s [[List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1914|Aviator's Certificate no. 971]] on 17 November 1914 and became a pilot in the [[Royal Flying Corps]].<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Baldwin.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin]</ref> He was appointed Officer Commanding [[No. 55 Squadron RAF|No. 55 Squadron]] in October 1916 and Officer Commanding No. 41 Wing in December 1917 before transferring to the Royal Air Force on its formation in 1918.<ref name=air/> He was appointed Commandant of the [[Central Flying School]] in 1928 and served as [[Aide-de-Camp]] to [[King George V]] from 1931 to 1932.<ref name=air/> He went on to be Air Officer Commanding [[No. 1 Group RAF|No. 1 Group]] in 1934, Director of Personal Services in 1935 and Commandant of the [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell|RAF College Cranwell]] in 1936 before taking up the post of Air Officer Commanding [[No. 21 Group RAF|No. 21 Group]] in 1938.<ref name=air/> He retired in August 1939.<ref name=air/> |
Baldwin was awarded the [[Royal Aero Club]]'s [[List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1914|Aviator's Certificate no. 971]] on 17 November 1914 and became a pilot in the [[Royal Flying Corps]].<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Baldwin.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin]</ref> He was appointed Officer Commanding [[No. 55 Squadron RAF|No. 55 Squadron]] in October 1916 and Officer Commanding No. 41 Wing in December 1917 before transferring to the Royal Air Force on its formation in 1918.<ref name=air/> He was appointed Commandant of the [[Central Flying School]] in 1928 and served as [[Aide-de-Camp]] to [[King George V]] from 1931 to 1932.<ref name=air/> He went on to be Air Officer Commanding [[No. 1 Group RAF|No. 1 Group]] in 1934, Director of Personal Services in 1935 and Commandant of the [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell|RAF College Cranwell]] in 1936 before taking up the post of Air Officer Commanding [[No. 21 Group RAF|No. 21 Group]] in 1938.<ref name=air/> He retired in August 1939.<ref name=air/> |
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Just two weeks later, Baldwin was recalled to serve in the [[Second World War]] as Air Office Commanding [[No. 3 Group RAF|No. 3 Group]] at [[RAF Bomber Command]].<ref name=air/> Between 9 January and 21 February 1942, he was acting Commander in Chief of [[RAF Bomber Command|Bomber Command]], after the removal of [[Richard Peirse]]. During this brief tenure the "[[Channel Dash]]" occurred, when the [[German battleship Scharnhorst|''Scharnhorst'']] and [[German battleship Gneisenau|''Gneisenau'']] escaped from the [[France|French]] port of [[Brest, France|Brest]] and fled up the [[English Channel]] to the sanctuary of [[Kiel]] harbour in northern [[Germany]].<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary] {{ |
Just two weeks later, Baldwin was recalled to serve in the [[Second World War]] as Air Office Commanding [[No. 3 Group RAF|No. 3 Group]] at [[RAF Bomber Command]].<ref name=air/> Between 9 January and 21 February 1942, he was acting Commander in Chief of [[RAF Bomber Command|Bomber Command]], after the removal of [[Richard Peirse]]. During this brief tenure the "[[Channel Dash]]" occurred, when the [[German battleship Scharnhorst|''Scharnhorst'']] and [[German battleship Gneisenau|''Gneisenau'']] escaped from the [[France|French]] port of [[Brest, France|Brest]] and fled up the [[English Channel]] to the sanctuary of [[Kiel]] harbour in northern [[Germany]].<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514040127/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html |date=14 May 2011 }}</ref> In October 1942 he became Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, [[India]].<ref name=air/> This appointment was followed from November 1943 by his posting as Air Officer Commanding [[RAF Third Tactical Air Force|Third Tactical Air Force]] which supported the ground battle in South East Asia.<ref name=air/> On 5 February 1943, Baldwin attended the departure of Major General Orde Wingate, the Chindits and the 1st Air Commando Group departed for Operation THURSDAY in Burma.<ref>Royle, Trevor, "Orde Wingate: A Man of Genius 1903–1944," Frontline Books, October 2010, {{ISBN|978-1848325722}}</ref> He reverted to the Retired List again on 15 December 1944.<ref name=air/> Jack was Colonel of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1948<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38112|supp=3|page=5131|date=31 October 1947}}</ref> until 1958, when the unit amalgamated to form the [[Queen's Royal Irish Hussars]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41530|supp=y|page=6479|date=24 October 1958}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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In 1916 Jack Baldwin married Kathleen Betsy Terry of the York confectionery family ([[Terry's]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1916/1916%20-%200181.PDF|title=Personals: Marriages and to be Married|page=181|publisher=[[Flight International|Flight]]|date=2 March 1916| |
In 1916 Jack Baldwin married Kathleen Betsy Terry of the York confectionery family ([[Terry's]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1916/1916%20-%200181.PDF|title=Personals: Marriages and to be Married|page=181|publisher=[[Flight International|Flight]]|date=2 March 1916|access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref> they lived in the village of [[Ketton]], [[Rutland]] from the 1930s to the 1950s and had two children, John and Pamela. John Noel Anthony Baldwin became a Captain in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars and was killed in action in 1942 in Libya. Baldwin was the [[High Sheriff of Rutland]] for 1955–56.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/casualty/view/29436|title=Captain John Noel Anthony Baldwin, 71084 |publisher=Leicestershire War Memorials Project |year=2014 |access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kettonvillagehistory.co.uk/gentry.html |title=Gentry families in Ketton: Baldwin Family|website=kettonvillagehistory.co.uk|access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref> |
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Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin | |
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Born | Halifax, England | 13 April 1892
Died | 28 July 1975 Rutland, England | (aged 83)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army (1910–18, 1944–58) Royal Air Force (1918–44) |
Years of service | c. 1910–44,1948–58 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands held | 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (1948–58) Third Tactical Air Force (1943–44) Bomber Command (1942) No. 3 Group (1939–42) No. 21 Group (1938–39) RAF College Cranwell (1936–38) No. 1 Group (1934–35) Central Flying School (1928–31) 41st Wing RFC (1917–18) No. 55 Squadron (1916–17) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (4) Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Croix de guerre (Belgium) Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) War Cross (Czechoslovakia) Air Medal (United States) |
Air Marshal Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin, KBE, CB, DSO, DL (13 April 1892 – 28 July 1975) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Early life[edit]
Educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Baldwin was commissioned into the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars in 1911 and served as a cavalry Officer in the First World War.[1]
Military service[edit]
Baldwin was awarded the Royal Aero Club's Aviator's Certificate no. 971 on 17 November 1914 and became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.[2] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 55 Squadron in October 1916 and Officer Commanding No. 41 Wing in December 1917 before transferring to the Royal Air Force on its formation in 1918.[2] He was appointed Commandant of the Central Flying School in 1928 and served as Aide-de-Camp to King George V from 1931 to 1932.[2] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1934, Director of Personal Services in 1935 and Commandant of the RAF College Cranwell in 1936 before taking up the post of Air Officer Commanding No. 21 Group in 1938.[2] He retired in August 1939.[2]
Just two weeks later, Baldwin was recalled to serve in the Second World War as Air Office Commanding No. 3 Group at RAF Bomber Command.[2] Between 9 January and 21 February 1942, he was acting Commander in Chief of Bomber Command, after the removal of Richard Peirse. During this brief tenure the "Channel Dash" occurred, when the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau escaped from the French port of Brest and fled up the English Channel to the sanctuary of Kiel harbour in northern Germany.[3] In October 1942 he became Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India.[2] This appointment was followed from November 1943 by his posting as Air Officer Commanding Third Tactical Air Force which supported the ground battle in South East Asia.[2] On 5 February 1943, Baldwin attended the departure of Major General Orde Wingate, the Chindits and the 1st Air Commando Group departed for Operation THURSDAY in Burma.[4] He reverted to the Retired List again on 15 December 1944.[2] Jack was Colonel of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1948[5] until 1958, when the unit amalgamated to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.[6]
Personal life[edit]
In 1916 Jack Baldwin married Kathleen Betsy Terry of the York confectionery family (Terry's),[7] they lived in the village of Ketton, Rutland from the 1930s to the 1950s and had two children, John and Pamela. John Noel Anthony Baldwin became a Captain in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars and was killed in action in 1942 in Libya. Baldwin was the High Sheriff of Rutland for 1955–56.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ Falconer, Jonathon (1998). The Bomber Command Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-1819-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin
- ^ RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Royle, Trevor, "Orde Wingate: A Man of Genius 1903–1944," Frontline Books, October 2010, ISBN 978-1848325722
- ^ "No. 38112". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 October 1947. p. 5131.
- ^ "No. 41530". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1958. p. 6479.
- ^ "Personals: Marriages and to be Married" (PDF). Flight. 2 March 1916. p. 181. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Captain John Noel Anthony Baldwin, 71084". Leicestershire War Memorials Project. 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Gentry families in Ketton: Baldwin Family". kettonvillagehistory.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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- Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
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- Royal Air Force air marshals of World War II
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