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[[Air Marshal]] '''Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSO|DL}} (13 April 1892 – 28 July 1975) was a senior officer in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[Second World War]].

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[[Air Marshal]] '''Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|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==
==Early life==
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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.&nbsp;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] {{wayback|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html |date=20110514040127 |df=y }}</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/>
Just two weeks later, Baldwin was recalled to serve in the [[Second World War]] as Air Office Commanding [[No. 3 Group RAF|No.&nbsp;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] {{wayback|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html |date=20110514040127 |df=y }}</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/>


==References==
==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 05:12, 8 August 2016

Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin
Wing Commander Baldwin as Commandant of the Central Flying School c.1929
Born(1892-04-13)13 April 1892
Halifax, England
Died28 July 1975(1975-07-28) (aged 83)
Rutland, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army (1910–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–44)
Years of servicec. 1910–44
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldThird 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/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight 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

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]

RAF Service

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]

References

  1. ^ Falconer, Jonathon (1998). The Bomber Command Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-1819-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin
  3. ^ RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary Template:Wayback
  4. ^ Royle, Trevor, “Orde Wingate: A Man of Genius 1903–1944,” Frontline Books, October 2010, ISBN 978-1848325722
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Central Flying School
1928–1931 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant RAF College
1936–1938 		Succeeded by
unknown
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command
(Acting)
1942 		Succeeded by
New title
Post established
 Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Force (Burma)
Post retitled AOC Third Tactical Air Force on 28 December 1943
1943–1944 		Succeeded by
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