Sir John Eustace Arthur Baldwin
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x163843
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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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John
Eustace Arthur
b: 13 Apr 1892 r: 15 Aug 1939 d: 28 Jul 1975
KBE
-
1 Jan 1943 (CBE - 1942,
OBE -
3 Jun 1919), CB -
1 Jan 1938, DSO - 3 Jun 1918, KStJ - 3
Jul 1962 (CStJ - 5 Jul 1955, OStJ - 27 Jun 1952), AFRAeS,
MiD
- 1 Jan 1916,
MiD
- 11 Dec 1917, MiD
- 20 May 1918,
MiD
- 1 Jan 1941, Cwn, O -
24 Sep 1917,
CdeG
(B) - 11 Mar 1918,
WL
- 12 Jan 1943,
AM (US) - 8 Sep
1944, CWC - xx xxx 194?,
DL (Lincs)
- 6 Nov 1945,
JP (Rutland)
- xx xxx 1948,
Hgh Shf (Rutland)
- xx xxx 1955.
(Army):
2 Lt: 9 Sep
1911, (T) Lt: 15 Nov 1914,
(T)
Capt:
7 Dec 1915, Lt:
2 Feb 1916,
Lt: 5 Feb 1916, (T) Maj:
12 Jun 1916, (T) Lt Col:
28 Dec 1917,
(RAF): (T) Lt Col
[Maj]: 1 Apr 1918, Sqn
Ldr: 1 Aug 1919, Wg Cdr: 30 Jun
1921, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1929, A/Cdre:
1 Jan 1933, AVM: 1 Jan 1936, Act AM: 10 Oct 1942, AM:
Retained.
Sir John Eustace Arthur Baldwin
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x163843
xx xxx xxxx: Attended RMC Sandhurst
9 Sep 1911: Officer, 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
xx xxx 1914: U/T Pilot,
19 Feb 1915: Flying Officer, RFC.
7 Dec 1915: Appointed Flight Commander (Recruits Depot?)
1 Jan 1916: Flight Commander, No 15 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn, RFC
12 Jun 1916: Appointed Squadron Commander.
4 Jul 1916:
Officer Commanding,
31 Oct 1916:
Officer Commanding, No 55 Sqn RFC.
22 Dec 1916: Acting Officer Commanding, 25th Wing
28
Dec 1917: Officer Commanding, 41st Wing RFC/RAF.
22
Sep 1918:
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission in the RAF as a Major
1 Aug 1919: Resigned his Commission in the Army
1 Dec 1919: Staff, RAF Depot
22 Aug 1921: Staff Officer, HQ No 7 Group.
3
Apr 1922: Attended RAF Staff College. (1st Course)
4 Apr 1923: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
1
Jun 1923:
Personnel Staff, HQ RAF Middle East.
22
Sep 1925?: Air Staff - Training, HQ RAF Middle East.
16
Jan 1928: Attended Imperial Defence College.
8 Dec 1927 - 16 Jan 1928: Placed on Half pay list
17
Dec 1928: Commandant, Central Flying School.
1 Aug 1931 - 1 Jan 1933: Appointed Air ADC to The King
1
Jan 1932:
SASO, HQ Fighting Area.
6
Feb 1933: AOC, Fighting Area
(Temporary)
xx Feb 1934: AOC, No 1 (Air Defence) Group.
22
Aug 1935: Director of Personal Services
21
Dec 1936: Commandant, RAF College - Cranwell.
1 Dec 1938 : AOC, No 21 (Training) Group.
29 Aug 1939: Recalled to Service
29
Aug 1939: AOC, No 3 Group.
9
Jan 1942 - 21 Feb 1942:
Act AOC in C, Bomber Command.
9 Oct 1942: Deputy AOC in C, India.
xx Apr 1943: ?
16 Nov 1943: Supernumerary, HQ Air Command South-East Asia?
19 Dec 1943:
AOC, Tactical Air Force
(Burma) – ACSEA
28 Dec 1943:
AOC, 3rd Tactical Air Force –
ACSEA
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Members of No.6 Squadron RIAF during the visit of Air Marshal Baldwin accompanied by Air Commodore Henry Crowe visit No 6 Squadron at Cox's Bazaar in 1944 L - R: FO 'Massy' MASSILAMANi, Unidentified Indian Officer, FO Mehar SINGH, FO 'Titch' HAWKINS, Air Marshal J. BALDWIN, P/O H.K. PATEL, A/Cdre H. CROWE, F/O Murkot RAMUNNY (Kneeling), F/O 'Creamy' BLUNT, Unidentified USAF Officer, F/L M.S. PUNJI, Unidentified RAF Officer, F/O J.C. 'Bandy' VARMA. |
15 Dec 1944: Reverted to Retired List
1 Jan 1938: Colonel, 8th Hussars
13 Jan 1951 - 12 Jan 1961: (Hon)
A/Cdre, No. 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit, RAuxAF:
After attending Rugby School, he entered the Royal Military Academy at
Sandhurst. He
gained RAeC Certificate No 971 on 17 November 1914. At
Farnborough, one of the tasks he was given was to
test the RE5. Both he and a fellow
pilot put a derogatory report into Trenchard about the aircraft, which went
against Trenchard's own views, resulting in Baldwin, being sent to CFS "to
learn manners".
From 1948 until 1958 he was Colonel of his old regiment, 8th King's Own Irish Hussars and from 1959 to 1960, Deputy Colonel of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.
This page was last updated on 16/03/25
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