Air Chief Marshal Sir John Robson Rogers, (11 January 1928 – 11 October 2021) was a senior

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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

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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

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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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References

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