Ian Brackenbury

Brackenbury was born on 28 August 1945, the son of Captain D. E. Brackenbury and R. Brackenbury.^[1]

Brackenbury graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Aeronautical Engineering,^[2][3] and in 1967 was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Engineer Branch of the Royal Air Force.^[4] He later became a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.^[1] Following promotion in 1972 to Flight Lieutenant,^[3] Brackenbury joined the Directorate of Aircraft Engineering in 1975^[1] and was promoted to Squadron Leader the following year.^[5]

In 1981, he became a member of the Engineering Staff at Strike Command,^[1] and two years later was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander,^[6] before joining the Department for Supply and Organisation in 1986; the following year, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).^[1] In 1988, he was promoted to Group Captain;^[7] and in 1993 became an Air Commodore^[8] and also became Director of Support Management. He was Director of Helicopter Support between 1995 and 1997 and Air Officer Engineering and Supply at Strike Command between 1997 and 1998,^[1] when he was promoted for the final time as an Air Vice-Marshal;^[9] he served as Director-General of Defence Logistics (Operations and Policy) at the Ministry of Defence from them until he retired in 2000.^[1][10] On retirement, Brackenbury was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Between 2001 and 2006, he was Director of Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace (Europe), and since 2009 he has been a Trustee of Cornwall Air Ambulance.^[1]

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