Richard Jordan

Air Marshal Sir Richard Bowen Jordan, (7 February 1902 – 24 April 1994) was a bomber pilot and squadron commander during the Second World War, a senior Royal Air Force officer during the post-war years and the sixth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps (1949–51).

Early Royal Air Force career Educated at Marlborough College Sir Richard was one of the first cadets at the new RAF College Cranwell in 1921, at the age of 19, where he learned to fly. He represented the college at both cricket and rugby having been appointed in the rank of flight cadet sergeant. On graduation he was granted a permanent commission in the rank of pilot officer in 1922 and posted as a pilot to No. 2 Squadron.

Jordan retired from the RAF on 2 June 1958.

Family In 1932 Richard Bowen Jordan married Freda Monica Minton Haines, daughter of Noel Alexander Minton Haines. They had one child, a daughter. He died on 24 April 1994 at the age of 92.