Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Beauclerk Ellwood, (3 July 1897 – 20 December 1992) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

RAF career

Educated at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

, Ellwood joined the

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in 1916.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood
/ref> During his service as a

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in the First World War, he scored ten victories (all in the Sopwith Camel) to become a double flying ace, being awarded the

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in the process.Aubrey Ellwood
The Aerodrome Having been awarded one of the first permanent commissions in the Royal Air Force in 1919, he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 5 Squadron in India in 1932 before returning to the UK in 1937 to join the Directing Staff at the

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. Ellwood served in the Second World War as Deputy Director of Bomber Operations before becoming Air Officer Commanding No. 18 Group in January 1943 and then Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Command in March 1944. He completed his was service as Director-General of Personnel. After the war Ellwood was appointed the Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command. His next and last tour was as Air Officer Commanding in Chief

Transport Command RAF Transport Command was a Royal Air Force command that controlled all transport aircraft of the RAF. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming of the RAF Ferry Command, and was subsequently renamed RAF Air Support Command in 1967. ...

before retiring in January 1952. In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset. Also Governor & Commandant of the Church Lads' Brigade from 1954 to 1970.

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Imperial War Museum Interview
, - 1897 births 1992 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset English aviators Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath People educated at Marlborough College Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force air marshals of World War II Royal Naval Air Service aviators Royal Naval Air Service personnel of World War I {{RAF-bio-stub