Sir John Rogers | |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1928 |
Death Place: | Little Horkesley, Essex, England |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1950–1986 |
Rank: | Air Member for Supply and Organisation Air Chief Marshal |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Robson Rogers, (11 January 1928 – 11 October 2021) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
Educated at Brentwood School, Rogers joined the Royal Air Force in 1950. After commanding a fighter squadron he became Station Commander at RAF Coningsby in 1967 and then Deputy Commandant of the RAF College, Cranwell[1] before becoming Director-General of Organisation in 1977.[2] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Training Units at Support Command in 1979, Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1981 and Controller of Aircraft in 1983[2] and he was promoted to air chief marshal at the start of 1984. Rogers retired from the RAF on 31 March 1986.[3]
He was a member of the FIA World Motor Sport Council.[1]
He married Elspeth Campbell; they have two sons and two daughters.[2]
Rogers died on 11 October 2021, at the age of 93.[4]
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