Jack Baldwin (RAF officer)
- Jack Baldwin (RAF officer)
Infobox Military Person
name= John Eustice Arthur Baldwin
lived= 13 April 1892 – 28 July 1975
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=
caption= Wg Cdr Baldwin as Commandant of the Central Flying School
nickname= Jack
allegiance=flag|United Kingdom
serviceyears= c. 1910 – 15 August 1939
29 August 1939 - 15 December 1944
rank= Air Marshal
branch= air force|United Kingdom
commands= RAF Third Tactical Air Force
No. 3 Group RAF
unit=
battles= World War I
World War II
awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (4)
laterwork=
Air Marshal Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin KBE, CB, DSO, DL, RAF (13 April 1892 – 28 July 1975), was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
World War II
* 1939 29 August Air Office Commanding No. 3 Group RAF Bomber Command
* 1942 9 January – 1942 21 February Acting Commander In Chief, Bomber Command. During his brief tenure that 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.
* 1942 9 October Deputy Air Office Commander in Chief, India.
* 1943 16 November Air Officer Commanding RAF Third Tactical Air Force
He reverted to the Retired List on 15 December 1944.
External links
* http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
* http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Baldwin.htm
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