Bertine Sutton

Air Marshal Sir Bertine Entwisle Sutton, KBE, CB, DSO, MC (17 December 1886 – 28 September 1946) was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force from the 1920s to the 1940s.

[1] After graduation, Sutton worked in a solicitor's office in London until he was employed by Hutchinson the publishing company.

Sutton had been an original members of the Oxford University mounted infantry and in 1914 when he joined the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps as a private soldier.

[2] Later that year, Sutton was appointed an RFC wing adjutant[2] and it is likely that he underwent flying training some time in the middle part of 1916.

[2] In late 1934 Sutton took up the appointment of senior air staff office at the headquarters of RAF India.

[2] With the pre-Second World War build up of the RAF, Sutton was recalled to Great Britain and served as Air Officer Commanding (AOC) No.

Sutton made Little Park Farm at Crookham Common, which is near Newbury in Berkshire, his home and he planned to enjoy his library, pictures, and garden.