John Tyssen

John Tyssen
Born (1889-06-20)20 June 1889
Died 4 January 1953(1953-01-04) (aged 63)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army (1907–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–42)
Years of service 1907–42
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands held No. 16 Group (1940–42)
British Forces in Iraq (1938–40)
No. 12 Group (1937)
RAF Gosport (1930–35)
RAF Tangmere (1926–28)
No. 5 Wing (1923–24)
No. 20 Squadron (1920–23)
No. 58 Squadron (1918)
No. 26 Squadron (1917–18)
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches

Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen, CB, MC (20 June 1889 – 4 January 1953) was a British Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the first half of the Second World War.

References

Military offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Francis Scarlett
In 1919
Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group
Temporary appointment

1937
Succeeded by
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Preceded by
Reginald Marix
Air Officer Commanding No. 16 Group
1940–1942
Succeeded by
Ivor Lloyd
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