Hugh Champion de Crespigny
Hugh Champion de Crespigny | |
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Air Vice Marshal Hugh Champion de Crespigny c.1943 | |
| Born | 8 April 1897 Elsternwick, Australia |
| Died | 20 June 1969 (aged 72) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–45) |
| Years of service | 1915–45 |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands | No. 21 (Training) Group (1943–46) AHQ Iraq (1942–43) No. 25 (Armament) Group (1939–42) No. 8 Flying Training School (1936–39) No. 2 (Indian) Wing (1930–34) No. 39 Squadron (1925–30) No. 60 Squadron (1922–24) No. 65 Squadron (1918) No. 29 Squadron (1917) |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches Croix de guerre (France) |
Air Vice Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, CB, MC, DFC (8 April 1897 – 20 June 1969), often referred to as Vivian Champion de Crespigny, was a Royal Flying Corps pilot who fought in France during the First World War, and senior Royal Air Force officer who commanded British Air Forces in Persia and Iraq during the Second World War.