Iraqi revolt against the BritishSecond World War: Air Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb, GCB, KBE, DSO, DFC, AFC (26 January 1895 – 18 December 1968) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

During Operation Torch he was air advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander, Lieutenant General Dwight Eisenhower and in February 1943, Eisenhower appointed him Deputy Commander of the Northwest African Air Forces.

Robb became Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command in 1945 and learned to fly the Gloster Meteor, the RAF's first operational jet aircraft.

Robb was wounded in March 1917 and spent some time with a training unit in England before returning to the Western Front in May 1918 as a flight commander with No.

His citation read: This officer has destroyed seven enemy aircraft, and under his brilliant leadership his patrols have accounted for numerous others.

In 1932 he was promoted to the rank of wing commander and attended the Royal Naval Staff College in Greenwich, London.

This was followed by a posting as senior air officer aboard the aircraft carrier Eagle in the Far East.

[8] However, he fell out with the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, over the merits of sending Bristol Blenheims on unescorted daylight missions, which Robb regarded as suicidal.

During Operation Torch he was air advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander, Lieutenant General Dwight Eisenhower.

In February 1943, Eisenhower appointed him Deputy Commander of the Northwest African Air Forces under Major General Carl Spaatz.

After Air Chief Marshal Tedder became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in January 1944, he brought Robb to his Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force as Deputy Chief of Staff (Air).

Robb was promoted to air marshal in October 1944 and created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1945.

[10] After retiring from the RAF on account of ill health he became King of Arms of the Order of the Bath on 21 March 1952, remaining in this appointment until 26 January 1965.

[3] Robb was co-author of a volume of the official history of the Second World War, Victory in the West (1962), of which Major Lionel Ellis was the main author, with Captain G. R. G. Allen RN and Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Warhurst.