Air Marshal

Air Marshal

Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Sir Brian Vernon Reynolds KCB

Order of the Bath

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 CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (4 June 1902 - 6 December 1965) was a Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command

RAF Coastal Command

RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force . Founded in 1936, it was the RAF's premier maritime arm, after the Royal Navy's secondment of the Fleet Air Arm in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive...

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RAF career

Educated at St Olave's Grammar School

St Olave's Grammar School

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, Reynolds served with the 28th London Regiment

London Regiment

The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. The Volunteer Force was merged with the Yeomanry in 1908...

 (Territorial Force) before joining the Royal Air Force in 1922. Having served as Adjutant

Adjutant

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 at RAF Leuchars

RAF Leuchars

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 he was appointed Officer Commanding

Officer Commanding

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 No. 43 Squadron

No. 43 Squadron RAF

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 in January 1936 before moving on to be Officer Commanding No. 801 Squadron

801 Naval Air Squadron

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 in June 1936. He served in World War II

World War II

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 as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 247 Group and then at No. 222 Group

No. 222 Group RAF

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After the War he became Chief of Staff to the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong

Commander British Forces in Hong Kong

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 before being appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 64 (Northern) Group in 1946, Air Officer Commanding RAF Northern Ireland in 1948 and Air Officer Commanding No. 67 (Northern Ireland) Group in March 1950. After that he was made Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group

No. 22 Group RAF

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 in July 1950, Air Officer Commanding AHQ Malta

AHQ Malta

AHQ Malta was an overseas command of the Royal Air Force established on December 28, 1941 by renaming RAF Mediterranean under Air Vice Marshal Hugh Lloyd....

 in 1952 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Air) at Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1953 before becoming Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command

RAF Coastal Command

RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force . Founded in 1936, it was the RAF's premier maritime arm, after the Royal Navy's secondment of the Fleet Air Arm in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive...

in 1956 and retiring in 1959.

In retirement he became Chairman of Malta Metropolitan Airlines.