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Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Edward Embry, GCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars, DFC, AFC (28 February 1902 – 7 December 1977) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command from 1949 to 1953.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry is a pugnacious and uncompromising airman with a fine World War II battle record and a reputation for talking out of school.
Sir Basil Edward Embry (1902-1977), air chief marshal and farmer, was born on 28 February 1902 at Longford, Gloucestershire, England, youngest of three children of Rev. James Embry, Anglican clergyman, and his wife Florence Ada, née Troughton.
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Matter-of-factly their leader, Air Vice Marshal Basil Embry, told the aircrew that they were on their way to blow holes in prison walls deep in France so that prisoners inside could run to safety. The whole idea might have seemed fantastic coming from about anybody but Embry, but he wore his credentials on his chest.
11 de nov. de 2016 · On May 27, 1940, Wing-Commander Basil Embry (later Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry, and Commander, Allied Air Forces in Central Europe 1953-56), although appointed to a higher command,...
Post-war, Basil Embry undertook a range of duties of both a staff and operational nature including AOC in C, Fighter Command and finally C in C, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, a NATO appointment. However, his criticisms of the NATO organisation resulted in his premature retirement from the RAF.
9 de dic. de 1977 · PERTH, Australia, Dec. 8 (AP)—Sir Basil Edward Embry, a British air commander who carved out a second career for himself in Western Australia, died today at his farm at Boyup Brook. He was 75...
