John D'Albiac

Air Marshal Sir John Henry D'Albiac, (28 January 1894 – 20 August 1963) was a Royal Air Force officer. He was a senior commander during the Second World War. Notably he was the British air commander for the Battle of Greece.

Biography Air Commodore D'Albiac, Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Greece, sitting at his desk in his Headquarters at the Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens. D'Albiac was educated at the Seabrook Lodge School in Kent, Framlingham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery in 1914 but seconded to the Royal Naval Air Service during the following year. In 1916, whilst serving in France as an aeroplane observer, D'Albiac was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. before returning to be Air Officer Commanding RAF Palestine and Transjordan from May 1941 again. Air Officer Commanding No. 222 Group in Ceylon from March 1942 and Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in the UK from December 1942. Deputy Commander of the Mediterranean Tactical Air Force in February 1944 and the Director-General of Personnel in November 1944. He was also the Deputy Chairman of the Air Transport Advisory Council. He died in Beaconsfield on 20 August 1963.