Hugh Champion de Crespigny | |
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 Air Vice Marshal Hugh Champion de Crespigny c.1943 | |
| Born | 8 April 1897 Elsternwick, Australia |
| Died | 20 June 1969 (aged 72) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–45) |
| Years of service | 1915–45 |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands | No. 21 (Training) Group (1943–46) AHQ Iraq (1942–43) No. 25 (Armament) Group (1939–42) No. 8 Flying Training School (1936–39) No. 2 (Indian) Wing (1930–34) No. 39 Squadron (1925–30) No. 60 Squadron (1922–24) No. 65 Squadron (1918) No. 29 Squadron (1917) |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches Croix de guerre (France) |
Air Vice Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, CB, MC, DFC (8 April 1897[1] – 20 June 1969), often referred to as Vivian Champion de Crespigny,[2] was a Royal Flying Corps pilot who fought in France during the First World War, and senior Royal Air Force officer who commanded British Air Forces in Persia and Iraq during the Second World War.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 15, 844. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1897. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "S.A.'s Two New Knights Have Sons on Service Abroad". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXXVI, no. 5, 440. South Australia. 1 January 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.