Derek Bryant (RAF officer)

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Derek Bryant
Born (1933-11-01) 1 November 1933 (age 90)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1953–89
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands held RAF Staff College, Bracknell
RAF Coningsby
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice Marshal Derek Thomas Bryant, CB , OBE (born 1 November 1933) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell from 1987 until his retirement in 1989.

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RAF career

Educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, Bryant joined the Royal Air Force in 1953. [1] He became Station Commander at RAF Coningsby in 1976, Senior Air Staff Officer No. 38 Group in 1982 and Deputy Commander Royal Air Force Germany in 1984. [1] He went on to be Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1987 before retiring in 1989. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN   978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. "Senior Royal Air Force appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell
1987–1989
Succeeded by