John Barker (RAF officer) explained

John Lindsay Barker
Birth Date:12 November 1910
Birth Place:Hull, England
Death Place:Exeter, England
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1931–1962
Rank:Air Vice Marshal
Commands:Royal Ceylon Air Force (1959–63)
RAF Ismailia (1950–53)
No. 625 Squadron RAF (1944–45)
No. 241 Squadron RAF (1941–43)
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Air Vice Marshal John Lindsay Barker (12 November 1910 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the following years. He was the second Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force during the early 1960s.

Signals from chiefs of staff to Barker in his capacity as commander Shield Force relating to the re-establishment of British administration in Hong Kong are held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/documents/archivesdocs/FarEast02.pdf Research Guide Far East