John Willis

John Willis

Infobox Military Person
name= Sir John Willis
lived= 27 October 1937 – 9 January 2008
placeofbirth= London, England
placeofdeath=


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flag|United Kingdom
serviceyears= c. 1958 – 1997
rank= Air Chief Marshal
branch= air force|United Kingdom
commands= Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff
Support Command
unit=
battles=
awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
laterwork=

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Frederick Willis GBE, KCB, FRAeS (October 27, 1937 – January 9, 2008), was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Flying career

John Frederick Willis was born in London and educated at Dulwich College and the RAF College Cranwell. Willis gained his RAF commission in 1958 and went on to fly Vulcan bombers.

In 1989 he was appointed Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy & Nuclear). He went on to be one of the RAF's most senior commanders, becoming Air Officer Commanding-in Chief of Support Command in 1992 and the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence in 1995. He retired from the Royal Air Force in 1997.

Later career

He was a member of the Council of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a patron of the Second World War Experience Centre.

References

* [http://www.war-experience.org/about/patrons/default.asp Second World War Experience Centre - Patrons]

External links

* [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/honorary_fellows_oct06.doc Honorary Fellowship of Newcastle University]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/14/db1401.xml Telegraph.co.uk - Obituary of Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3240231.ece Obituary in "The Times", 24 January 2008]


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