Sir John Alexander Carlisle Aiken | |
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Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 22 December 1921
Died | 31 May 2005 Westminster, London, England | (aged 83)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1940–78 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands | Air Member for Personnel (1976–78) British Forces Cyprus (1973–76) Near East Air Force (1973–76) RAF Finningley (1963–64) No. 29 Squadron RAF (1956–58) Birmingham University Air Squadron (1950–53) |
Battles / wars | Second World War Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Alexander Carlisle Aiken, KCB (22 December 1921 – 31 May 2005) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, and the Commander of British forces in Cyprus at the time of the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.