Ian Bonham-Carter

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Ian Malcolm Bonham-Carter
1882 – 1953
Air Commodore Bonham-Carter
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1900–1931, 1939–?
Rank	Air Commodore
Battles/wars	Boer War, World War I, World War II

Air Commodore Ian Malcolm Bonham-Carter CB OBE RAF (1882–31 December 1953) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.

After his education at Haileybury, Ian Bonham-Carter was commissioned into the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1900. Bonham-Carter served in the 5th Battalion and then the 1st Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers before being appointed adjutant in 1909. In May 1914 he attended No 6 Course at the Central Flying School. After completing his flying training, Bonham-Carter served in the Royal Flying Corps until he transferred to the RAF on its creation in 1918.

In 1925, Bonham-Carter was appointed Air Officer Commanding Number 3 Group and in 1926 he took up command of Number 23 Group. He was then posted in 1928 as Commandant of No. 1 School of Technical Training.

During World War II Bonham-Carter served as Duty Air Commodore in the Operations Room of Headquarters Fighter Command.

[edit] References

• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Cdre Bonham-Carter

Military offices
Preceded by Unknown	Officer Commanding No. 11 Group 9 February–25 April 1920	Succeeded by Post disestablished Next held by P B Joubert de la Ferté in 1936
Preceded by R Gordon	Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group 1925–1926	Succeeded by Post disestablished Next held by P H L Playfair in 1936
Preceded by C L Lambe	Commandant, No. 1 School of Technical Training 1 April 1928–30 September 1931	Succeeded by N D K MacEwen