John Bradley (RAF officer)
Sir John Bradley | |
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Born | Cork, Ireland | 11 April 1888
Died | 6 January 1982 | (aged 93)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–45) |
Years of service | 1914–45 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands | Maintenance Command (1938–42) RAF Northolt (1930–31) No. 14 Squadron (1921–24) |
Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) |
Air Marshal Sir John Stanley Travers Bradley, KCB, CBE (11 April 1888 – 6 January 1982) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Maintenance Command.
RAF career
[edit]Bradley served with the East Yorkshire Regiment and then the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War, transferring to the Royal Air Force in August 1918.[1] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 14 Squadron in 1921 and Station Commander at RAF Northolt in 1930.[1] Promoted to group captain in July 1931,[2] Bradley went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Wessex Bombing Area in November 1931, Director of Equipment at the Air Ministry in 1935, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command in 1938.[1] He continued in that role during the Second World War, though he moved on to be Deputy Air Member for Supply & Organisation in 1942 before retiring at the end of the war.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Bradley
- ^ Half-Yearly Promotions Flight International, 3 July 1931
- 1888 births
- 1982 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- East Yorkshire Regiment officers
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Machine Gun Corps officers
- Military personnel from Cork (city)
- Royal Air Force air marshals of World War II
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
- Royal Flying Corps officers
- Irish officers of the Royal Air Force
- Irish officers of the Royal Flying Corps
- Irish officers in the British Army