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Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1897–1972)

Thomas Langford-Sainsbury
Born(1897-11-23)23 November 1897
Died21 June 1972(1972-06-21) (aged 74)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army (1916–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–49)
Years of service1916–49
RankAir Vice Marshal
CommandsAHQ Egypt (1944–45)
AHQ Eastern Mediterranean (1944)
No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group (1943–44)
No. 15 (General Reconnaissance) Group (1942–43)
No. 48 Squadron (1936–38)
No. 36 Squadron (1932–35)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross & Two Bars
Mentioned in Despatches

Air Vice Marshal Thomas Audley Langford-Sainsbury, CB, OBE, DFC, AFC & Two Bars (23 November 1897 – 21 June 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who commanded British Air Forces in Egypt during the Second World War.

RAF career

Educated at Radley College, Langford-Sainsbury was commissioned in to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 during the First World War. He went on to command No. 38 Squadron from 1932 and No. 48 Squadron from 1936. Promoted to wing commander in 1937, he served in the Second World War on the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 16 (Reconnaissance) Group and then as Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Coastal Command from 1941. He continued his war service as Air Officer Commanding No. 15 (General Reconnaissance) Group from 1942, Air Officer Commanding No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group from 1943 and Air Officer Commanding AHQ Eastern Mediterranean from 1944. He was made Air Officer Commanding AHQ Egypt in November 1944 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command in May 1945.

After the war he served as Air Officer Administration at Headquarters British Air Forces of Occupation before retiring in 1949.

References

  1. "The Radleian 1943 – No. 594 June". Radley archives. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal T A Langford-Sainsbury
  3. Service notes and news Flight International, 8 April 1937
Military offices
Preceded byDouglas Colyer Air Officer Commanding No. 15 (General Reconnaissance) Group
1942–1943 		Succeeded byLeonard Slatter
Preceded byJames Scarlett-Streatfield
(Acting) 		Air Officer Commanding No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group
1943–1944 		Absorbed into Air Defence Eastern Mediterranean
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