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 Despatches

References

  1. His Majesty's Stationery Office London: The Air Force List, February 1939
Military offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Francis Scarlett
In 1919
Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group
Temporary appointment

1937
Succeeded by
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Preceded by
Reginald Marix
Air Officer Commanding No. 16 Group
1940–1942
Succeeded by
Ivor Lloyd
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