Air Marshal Sir Harold Douglas Jackman, (26 October 1902 – 15 June 1991) was a senior

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...

officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

Maintenance Command Maintenance Command is a command of the Indian Air Force. It was raised as Maintenance Group at Chakeri in Kanpur in 1950. In 1955, it was designated as Maintenance Command. Its current headquarters is located at Vayusena Nagar in Nagpur (Maha ...

from 1958 until his retirement in 1961.

RAF career

Jackman joined the Royal Air Force in 1926 initially serving as a Stores Officer.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Douglas Jackman
/ref> He served in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

as an Administrative Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East, then as Air Officer Administration at Headquarters

Mediterranean Air Command The Mediterranean Air Command (MAC) was a World War II Allied air force command that was active in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) between February 18 and December 10, 1943 . MAC was under the command of Air Chie ...

before becoming Assistant Air Officer Administration at Headquarters

Mediterranean Allied Air Forces The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) was the major Allied air force command organization in the Mediterranean theater from mid-December 1943 until the end of the Second World War. Formation The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) be ...

and then Air Officer Administration at Headquarters

Balkan Air Force The Balkan Air Force (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II. Composed of units of the Royal Air Force and South African Air Force under the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces command, it was active from 7 Jun ...

. After the war he was appointed Director of Movements and then Director of Organisation (Forecasting and Planning) at the

Air Ministry The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force and civil aviation that existed from 1918 to 1964. It was under the political authority of the ...

. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 40 (Maintenance) Group in 1952, Director-General of Equipment at the Air Ministry in 1955 and Air Officer Commanding

in 1958, where he laid the foundation stone for a new Headquarters at

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before retiring in 1961. In retirement he became Chief Co-ordinator of the Anglo-American Community Relations Scheme in the UK.In brief
Flight International, 8 June 1961

References

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