Geoffrey Ambler | |
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Born | Baildon | 23 June 1904
Died | 26 August 1978 | (aged 74)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1931–1946 |
Rank | Air vice-marshal |
Commands | Royal Observer Corps (1942–43) No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron (1938–39) No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron (1934–38) |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Air Force Cross |
Other work | Chairman of Fred Ambler Limited |
Air Vice Marshal Geoffrey Hill Ambler, CB, CBE, AFC (23 June 1904 – 26 August 1978) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. Ambler served as the third Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, the first serving RAF officer to hold the appointment as his predecessors were retired air commodores.