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 (John) Humphrey Edwardes-Jones KCB

Order of the Bath

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 CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 DFC

Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

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 AFC

Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)

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 RAF

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 (15 August 1905 - 19 January 1987) was a senior Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 commander.

RAF career

Educated at Brighton College

Brighton College

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 and Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College, Cambridge

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, Edwardes-Jones joined the Royal Air Force in 1925. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 213 Squadron

No. 213 Squadron RAF

No. 213 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. The squadron was formed on 1 April 1918 from No. 13 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service...

 in 1937 and in that role advised the Air Ministry on the air operability of the Spitfire

Supermarine Spitfire

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. He served in World War II

World War II

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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 Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

 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 Air Ministry

Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964...

 in 1951 and then Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force

RAF Second Tactical Air Force

The former RAF Second Tactical Air Force was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War...

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

RAF Second Tactical Air Force

The former RAF Second Tactical Air Force was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War...

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

Royal Air Force Germany

The former Royal Air Force Germany was a command of the Royal Air Force and part of British Forces Germany, consisting of those units located in Germany initially as part of the occupation following World War II, and later as part of the RAF's commitment to the defence of Europe during the Cold...

 while still remaining Commander-in-Chief of Second Tactical Air Force

RAF Second Tactical Air Force

The former RAF Second Tactical Air Force was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War...

in 1959 before retiring in 1961.

In 1978 he became Chairman of the International Wine & Spirit Competition.