Michael Beavis
Royal Air Force air marshal
About Michael Beavis
Lived 1929 – 2020 (aged 90).
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Gordon Beavis, (13 August 1929 – 7 June 2020) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Support Command from 1981 to 1984.
RAF career Educated at Kilburn Grammar School, Beavis joined the Royal Air Force in 1947 and was commissioned two years later. In June 1961 Beavis set the record for the fastest non-stop flight from the UK to Australia which he established by flying a Vulcan from RAF Scampton to RAAF Richmond in just over 20 hours.
He became Officer Commanding No. 10 Squadron flying VC10s in 1966 and Group Captain Flying at RAF Akrotiri in 1968.
Family In 1949 he married Joy Marion Jones; they had one son and one daughter.
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Who was Michael Beavis?
Royal Air Force air marshal
When was Michael Beavis born?
Michael Beavis was born on 13 August 1929.
When did Michael Beavis die?
Michael Beavis died on 7 June 2020 in Pissouri.
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