Sir John Alexander Atkinson KCB, DFC (9 June 1919 – 8 August 2015) was a

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

officer of the Second World War who later had a distinguished career in the British civil service.Sir Alec Atkinson, airman - obituary.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Alec 1919 births 2015 deaths British civil servants Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Civil servants in the Ministry of National Service Civil servants in the Cabinet Office Civil servants in the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance Private secretaries in the British Civil Service