Brian Reynolds (RAF officer)

Sir Brian Reynolds
Sir Brian Reynolds
Born	4 June 1902
Died	6 December 1965 (aged 63)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Mentioned in Despatches (2); Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)

DL (4 June 1902 – 6 December 1965) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command

.

RAF career

Educated at

Second World War as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 247 Group and then at No. 222 Group.^[1]

After the war he became Chief of Staff to the

RAF Northern Ireland in 1948 and Air Officer Commanding No. 67 (Northern Ireland) Group in March 1950.^[1] After that he was made Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group in July 1950, Air Officer Commanding AHQ Malta in 1952 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Air) at Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1953 before becoming Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command in 1956 and retiring in 1959.^[1]

In retirement he became Chairman of Malta Metropolitan Airlines.[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Brian Reynolds
^ Malta Metropolitan Airlines Flight International, 2 April 1964

Military offices
Preceded by Percy Maitland	Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group 1950–1952	Succeeded by Walter Merton
Preceded by Sir John Boothman	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command 1956 – 1959	Succeeded by Sir Edward Chilton

[air-1] Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Brian Reynolds

[2] Malta Metropolitan Airlines Flight International, 2 April 1964

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