John Baker-Carr
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Air Marshal Sir John Darcy Baker-Carr, KBE, CB, AFC (13 January 1906 – 9 July 1998) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the early 1960s.
Sir John Baker-Carr | |
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Air Marshal Sir John D'Arcy Baker-Carr | |
| Born | 13 January 1906 Hythe, Kent |
| Died | 9 July 1998 (aged 92) Winchester, Hampshire |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Service years | 1929–64 |
| Rank | Air marshal |
| Commands | Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1963) No. 41 Group (1959–62) RAF St Athan (1953–56) |
| Conflicts | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Origins
He was the second son of Brigadier General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltren Baker-Carr (1878–1949) and his first wife Sarah de Witt (1880–1969),[1] daughter of William Russell Quinan who was in the explosives business with Kenneth Bingham Quinan (his nephew).[2][3]
RAF career
Baker-Carr joined the Royal Air Force in 1929.[4][5] He served in the Second World War in the Technical Branch.[4] After the war he was appointed Deputy Director of Personnel at the Air Ministry and then Station Commander at RAF St Athan from 1953.[4] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 41 Group in 1959 and then acting Air Member for Supply and Organisation in early 1963 before retiring in 1964.[4]
Family
On 30 June 1934 at Hambledon, Hampshire, he married Margery Alexandra (1907–2003), daughter of Major-General Alistair Grant Dallas CB CMG.[6] They had no children.[1]