Ian Horrocks (RAF officer)
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Air Commodore
Ian Horrocks was a British Royal Air Force
helicopter
pilot
, a senior Royal Air Force
officer in the 1970s and 1980s and a Commandant Royal Observer Corps
. Horrocks was the Station Commander of RAF Shawbury
from 1978 to 1980.
Horrocks retired as Air Commadore and was on the Air Marshal's list.
Air Commodore
Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Ian Horrocks was a British 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...
helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
, 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...
officer in the 1970s and 1980s and a Commandant Royal Observer Corps
Commandant Royal Observer Corps
The Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps was the Royal Air Force commander of the Royal Observer Corps. All the holders of the post were RAF officers in the rank of Air Commodore, initially retired reserve officers then Auxiliary officers and, since the end of World War II, serving officers...
. Horrocks was the Station Commander of RAF Shawbury
RAF Shawbury
RAF Shawbury is a Royal Air Force station by the village of Shawbury near Shrewsbury, Shropshire.The station at Shawbury was first used for military flying training in 1917 by the Royal Flying Corps, but it was returned to agricultural use in 1920. In 1938 it was reactivated as a training...
from 1978 to 1980.
Horrocks retired as Air Commadore and was on the Air Marshal's list.