Air Marshal Sir John Humphrey Edwardes-Jones, (15 August 1905 – 19 January 1987) was a senior

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commander.

RAF career

Educated at

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and

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,DNW Medals
/ref> Edwardes-Jones joined the Royal Air Force in 1925.
/ref> He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 213 Squadron in 1937 and in that role advised the Air Ministry on the air operability of the

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. He served in the

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in that capacity and then as Officer Commanding No. 17 Squadron before leading a series of training units. He continued his war service as Officer Commanding Exeter Sector and then as Commander of No. 323 Wing in

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before being made Air Officer Commanding No. 210 Group in Algiers in 1943 and becoming Deputy Director of Operations at Headquarters Mediterranean Allied Air Forces in May 1945. After the war he became Director of Plans at the

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in 1951 and then Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters

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in 1952. He went on to be Commandant at the School of Land/Air Warfare in 1955 and Commander-in-Chief of

in 1957. He was made Commander-in-Chief of

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while still remaining Commander-in-Chief of

in 1959 before retiring in 1961. In 1978 he became Chairman of the International Wine & Spirit Competition.International Wine & Spirit Competition

References

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