John D'Albiac

Air Marshal Sir John Henry D'Albiac, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (28 January 1894 – 20 August 1963) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Notably he was the British air commander for the Battle of Greece.

[1] In 1916, whilst serving in France as an aeroplane observer, D'Albiac was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

[1] During the Second World War D'Albiac served as Air Officer Commanding RAF Palestine and Transjordan from August 1939, Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Greece from November 1940[2] before returning to be Air Officer Commanding RAF Palestine and Transjordan from May 1941 again.

[1] In later life D'Albiac was the Aerodrome Commandant at London Heathrow Airport and the Deputy Chairman of the Air Transport Advisory Council.

Air Commodore D'Albiac, Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Greece, sitting at his desk in his Headquarters at the Grande Bretagne Hotel , Athens.