Air Marshal Sir John Eustice Arthur Baldwin, (died 28 July 1975) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Early life
Educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Baldwin was commissioned into the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars in 1911 and served as a cavalry Officer in the First World War.
Military service
Baldwin was awarded the Royal Aero Club's Aviator's Certificate no. 971 on 17 November 1914 and became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 55 Squadron in October 1916 and Officer Commanding No. 41 Wing in December 1917 before transferring to the Royal Air Force on its formation in 1918. In October 1942 he became Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India. He reverted to the Retired List again on 15 December 1944. until 1958, when the unit amalgamated to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.
Personal life
In 1916 Jack Baldwin married Kathleen Betsy Terry of the York confectionery family (Terry's), they lived in the village of Ketton, Rutland from the 1930s to the 1950s and had two children, John and Pamela. John Noel Anthony Baldwin became a Captain in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars and was killed in action in 1942 in Libya. Baldwin was the High Sheriff of Rutland for 1955–56.
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