Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Joseph Fogarty, GBE, KCB, DFC, AFC (16 January 1899 – 12 January 1973) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War and also in the post-war years.

98 Squadron,[1] participating in the Battle of Amiens but having to land with engine trouble before he could bomb German airfields or rail lines.

[1] The first half of the 1930s saw Fogarty return to Great Britain, initially as the adjutant and qualified flying instructor on No.

84 Squadron back in Iraq before returning to Great Britain in 1937 to serve on the air staff of the recently formed Bomber Command.

[1] In 1943 Fogarty was a member of the RAF mission to Ottawa and in August 1944 he became the Senior Air Staff Officer at the headquarters of No.

[6] In retirement Fogarty became involved in business, as the director of Racal Electronics and also as president of the British Airport Construction and Equipment Association.

In addition he was a deputy president of the Air League and director-general of the English Speaking Union.