Geoffrey Tuttle Explained

Sir Geoffrey Tuttle
Birth Date:2 October 1906
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Air Force
Serviceyears:1925–1959
Rank:Air Marshal
Battles:Second World War

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey William Tuttle, (2 October 1906 – 11 January 1989) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1956 to 1959.

RAF career

Tuttle joined the Royal Air Force in 1925.[1] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 105 Squadron in 1937.[1] He served in World War II as Commander of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit and then as Officer Commanding No. 324 Wing before being appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force and then Air Officer Commanding AHQ Greece.[1] In Greece his initial force consisted of Nos 94, 108, and 221 Squadrons.[2] After the War he became Director of Operational Requirements at the Air Ministry and then Air Officer for Administration at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command.[1] He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1951, Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group in 1954 and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in 1956 before retiring in 1959.[1]

In retirement Tuttle became General Manager at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aviation) Limited.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: G W Tuttle_P. rafweb.org. 26 September 2015.
  2. Web site: The RAF in counter-insurgency warfare: British intervention in Greece, 1944–45. 125. RAF Historical Society. 26 September 2015.
  3. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200677.html Weybridge Posts