Air Marshal Sir Brian Vernon Reynolds, (4 June 1902 – 6 December 1965) was a

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officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at

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RAF career

Educated at

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, Reynolds served with the 28th London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) before joining the Royal Air Force in 1922.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Brian Reynolds
/ref> Having served as

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at RAF Leuchars he was appointed

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No. 43 Squadron in January 1936 before moving on to be Officer Commanding No. 801 Squadron in June 1936. He served in the

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as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 247 Group and then at No. 222 Group. After the war he became Chief of Staff to the

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before being appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 64 (Northern) Group in 1946, Air Officer Commanding RAF Northern Ireland in 1948 and Air Officer Commanding No. 67 (Northern Ireland) Group in March 1950. After that he was made Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group in July 1950, Air Officer Commanding AHQ Malta in 1952 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Air) at Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1953 before becoming Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at

in 1956 and retiring in 1959. In retirement he became Chairman of Malta Metropolitan Airlines.Malta Metropolitan Airlines
Flight International, 2 April 1964

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Brian 1902 births 1965 deaths Artists' Rifles soldiers Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Royal Air Force air marshals Royal Air Force personnel of World War II People educated at St Olave's Grammar School