John Grindon | |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1917 |
Birth Place: | Newquay, England |
Death Place: | Hampshire, England |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1935–1959 |
Rank: | Group Captain |
Servicenumber: | 33206 |
Commands: | RAF Honington (1957–58) Queen's Flight (1953–56) No. 617 Squadron RAF (1945) No. 630 Squadron RAF (1944–45) |
Battles: | Second World War |
Awards: | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order Air Force Cross |
Group Captain John Evelyn Grindon, (30 September 1917 – 11 November 2001) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the Second World War, and later commanded the Queen's Flight.[1]
Grindon was the son of Thomas Edward Grindon, a First World War casualty,[2] and Dora Eastlake. He married Miss Hubber in 1937.
A portrait is held by the National Portrait Gallery.[3]