Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey William Tuttle, (2 October 1906 – 11 January 1989) 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 Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1956 to 1959.

RAF career

Tuttle joined the Royal Air Force in 1925. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 105 Squadron in 1937. He served in

World War II 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 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. In Greece his initial force consisted of Nos 94, 108, and 221 Squadrons. After the War he became Director of Operational Requirements 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 ...

and then Air Officer for Administration at Headquarters

RAF Coastal Command RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal commands and played an important role during the Second World War. Maritime Aviation ...

. 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. In retirement Tuttle became General Manager at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aviation) Limited.Weybridge Posts
Flight International, 25 May 1961

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuttle, Geoffrey 1906 births 1989 deaths Commanders of the Legion of Honour Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force air marshals Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society