Geoffrey Tuttle

Sir Geoffrey Tuttle

Air Commodore Tuttle, Air Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Greece (second from left), discusses the security situation at Kalamaki/Hassani airfield with armed RAF officers, late 1944 - early 1945.
Born 2 October 1906
Died 11 January 1989
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Years of service 1925–1959
Rank Air Marshal
Commands held No. 105 Squadron
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
No. 324 Wing
AHQ Greece
No. 19 Group
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey William Tuttle KBE CB DFC (2 October 1906 - 11 January 1989) was a former senior Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.

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 he became General Manager at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aviation) Limited.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "G W Tuttle_P". rafweb.org. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "The RAF in counter-insurgency warfare: British intervention in Greece, 1944-45" (PDF). RAF Historical Society. p. 125. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Weybridge Posts Flight International, 25 May 1961
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Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Pike		 Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
1956 – 1959 		Succeeded by
Sir Charles Elworthy
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