William Jason Maxwell Borthwick

William Jason Maxwell Borthwick (November 1 1910 - January 15 1998) was the son of Hon. William Borthwick and Ruth Margery Rigby. He married Elizabeth Cleveland Elworthy, daughter of Herbert Elworthy, on 26 July 1937. He died at the age of 87.

William Jason Maxwell Borthwick usually went by his middle name of Jason. He was educated at Winchester College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1933 and entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law. During the Second World War, he gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.). [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p14566.htm#i145655 www.thepeerage.com] ]

"Telegraph" obituary

Commander Jason Borthwick Director of naval fighter aircraft whose captain did not speak to him for a year, until he won a DSC, died aged 87. He pioneered Naval Fighter Direction, the science of interpreting radar screens so as to send fighters out on the right bearing, at the correct height, and with enough time to intercept incoming enemy aircraft. When, in September 1941, Borthwick joined one of the earliest courses at HMS Heron, the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton,...

Fighter Direction Officer on wartime aircraft carriers). Joined RNAS Yeovilton 1941, then pioneered Naval Fighter Direction, on HMNS Victorious in Operation Pedestal. Served on Admiral Ramsay's staff for the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. Then organise fighter direction in Indian Ocean operations, including the invasion of Rangoon in May 1945. ["The Daily Telegraph", 14 February 1998]

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