Air Chief Marshal Sir John Robson Rogers, (11 January 1928 – 11 October 2021) was a senior
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 ...
commander.
RAF career
Educated at
Brentwood School, Rogers joined the Royal Air Force in 1950. After commanding a fighter squadron he became Station Commander at
RAF Coningsby
Royal Air Force Coningsby or RAF Coningsby , is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located south-west of Horncastle, and north-west of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is a Main Operating Base of the RAF and ho ...
in 1967 and then Deputy Commandant of the
RAF College, Cranwell before becoming Director-General of Organisation in 1977.
[Debrett's People of Today 1994] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Training Units at
Support Command in 1979,
Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1981 and
Controller of Aircraft in 1983
[ and he was promoted to air chief marshal at the start of 1984. Rogers retired from the RAF on 31 March 1986.
He was a member of the ]FIA World Motor Sport Council
The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) is a major organ within the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's governance structure. Its primary role is amending current regulations and drafting new regulations for all of international motor spo ...
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Family
He married Elspeth Campbell; they have two sons and two daughters.[
Rogers died on 11 October 2021, at the age of 93.Telegraph Deaths Announcements: Rogers, Air Chief Marshal Sir John Robson]
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1928 births
2021 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
People educated at Brentwood School, Essex
Royal Air Force air marshals