About John Gingell
Lived 1925 – 2009 (aged 84). John Gingell was a British aircraft pilot.
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, (3 February 1925 – 10 December 2009) was a senior Royal Air Force commander and Gentleman usher of the Black Rod.
Military career The son of Ernest (1895–1981) and Hilda (née Attwood; 1894–1957) Gingell, he was educated at St Boniface's Catholic College, Plymouth. He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in April 1945. A few months later he transferred into the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, serving in the Fleet Air Arm. In 1951 he returned to the Royal Air Force was posted to flying duties on No. 58 Squadron.
Family In 1949 he married Prudence Johnson; the couple had two sons and a daughter, John, Nicholas and Alexandra.
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Air Chief Marshal Royal air force (1925-2009)
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John Gingell was born on 3 February 1925.
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John Gingell died on 10 December 2009.
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John Gingell was an aircraft pilot.
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