Jack Baldwin (RAF officer)
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| John Eustice Arthur Baldwin | |
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| 13 April 1892 – 28 July 1975 | |
 Wg Cdr Baldwin as Commandant of the Central Flying School |
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| Nickname | Jack |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | c. 1910 – 15 August 1939 29 August 1939 - 15 December 1944 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Battles/wars | World War I, World War II |
Air Marshal Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin KBE CB DSO DL RAF (13 April 1892 – 28 July 1975).
- 1939 August 29 Air Office Commanding No. 3 Group RAF Bomber Command
- 1942 January 9 – 1942 February 21 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 October 9 Deputy Air Office Commander in Chief, India.
- 1943 November 16 Air Officer Commanding RAF Third Tactical Air Force
He reverted to the Retired List on 15 December 1944.
[edit] External links
- http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/command.html RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
- http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Baldwin.htm
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by C S Burnett |
Commandant of the Central Flying School 1928–1932 |
Succeeded by P C Maltby |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Peirse |
Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command (Acting) 1942 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Harris |
| New title Post established
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Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Force (Burma) Post retitled AOC Third Tactical Air Force on 28 December 1943 1943–1944 |
Succeeded by W A Coryton |
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