Christopher Foxley-Norris


Christopher Foxley-Norris
Birth nameChristopher Neil Foxley-Norris
Born(1917-03-16)16 March 1917
Birkenhead, Cheshire
Died28 September 2003(2003-09-28) (aged 86)
Northend Common, Stonor
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1936–1974
RankAir Chief Marshal
CommandsSecond Tactical Air Force (1968–70)
No. 224 Group RAF (1964–67)
RAF West Malling (1959–60)
RAF Stradishall (1958–59)
Oxford University Air Squadron (1948–51)
No. 14 Squadron RAF (1945–46)
No. 143 Squadron RAF (1945)
No. 603 Squadron RAF (1944)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
Other workChairman (1974–82) & President (2001–03), Leonard Cheshire Foundation
Chairman, Battle of Britain Fighter Association (1978-03)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris, GCB, DSO, OBE, FRSA (16 March 1917 – 28 September 2003) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF). A squadron commander during the Second World War, he later served as Commander-in-Chief RAF Germany in the late 1960s.