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Sir John Gilbert Davis, (24 March 1911 – 3 February 1989) was a

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officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Training Command from 1968 to 1969.

RAF career

Davis joined the Royal Air Force in 1933.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir John Davis
/ref> He became a pilot and then attended specialist training in navigation before being appointed a Navigation Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Training Command in 1939. He served in the

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, initially on secondment to the

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and then as Officer Commanding No. 269 Squadron. After the war he attended RAF Staff College and then joined the directing staff there. He was appointed Group Captain, Air Plans at Headquarters Middle East Air Force in 1951, Station Commander at

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in 1953 and Director of Plans at the

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in 1955. He went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters

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in 1958, Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding RAF Malta in 1961. His last appointments were as

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in 1963, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Flying Training Command in 1966 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Training Command in 1968 before retiring in 1969. In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.Lieutenant Governors
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