Andrew Humphrey

Infobox Military Person
name= Andrew Henry Humphrey
lived= 10 January 1921 – 24 January 1977
placeofbirth= Edinburgh, Scotland
placeofdeath=RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire


caption= Sir Andrew Humphrey as an air chief marshal
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allegiance=flag|United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1939–1977
rank= Marshal of the Royal Air Force
branch= air force|United Kingdom
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battles= World War II
awards=GCB OBE DFC AFC
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Henry Humphrey GCB OBE DFC AFC RAF (10 January 1921 – 24 January 1977) was a senior commander in the British Royal Air Force.

Educated at Bradfield College, he joined the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1939.

In December 1953, Humphrey piloted "Aries IV" a Canberra B.2 from Cape Town to London in a then record 13 hours 16 minutes and 25 seconds.

Notably, he became Officer Commanding RAF Akrotiri in 1959, Air Officer Commanding Air Forces Middle East in 1965 and Commander-in-Chief Strike Command in 1971.

He served in the RAF's most senior post, Chief of the Air Staff, between 1974 and 1976. Following promotion to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Humphrey was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff on 24 October 1976 however he only served for short time before becoming ill. He died in the RAF Hospital, at Halton on 24 January 1977.

In 1978 his widow, Lady Humphrey, visited RAF Gütersloh in the then West Germany to open the newly-built Andrew Humphrey School in the village of Blankenhagen, a primary school for the children of RAF personnel.

References

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Humphrey_A.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - MRAF Humphrey]
*Probert, H. (1991). "High Commanders of the Royal Air Force". HMSO. ISBN 0-11-772635-4

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