Neill Ogilvie-Forbes

Neill Ogilvie-Forbes
Born	12 December 1900 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died	6 February 1990 (1990-02-07) (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1922–1952
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice Marshal Neill Charles Ogilvie-Forbes OBE (12 December 1900 – 6 February 1990) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence).

RAF career

Educated at the Oratory School and Trinity College, Cambridge, ^[1] Neill Ogilvie-Forbes joined the Royal Air Force in 1922.^[2] He became a flight commander with No. 13 Squadron in April 1933.^[2] He served in the Second World War on secondment to the Royal Iraqi Air Force from January 1939, on the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 15 Group from April 1941 and as Deputy Director of Operations (Naval Co-operation) from February 1942.^[2]

After the War he served as air attaché in Brussels from September 1945, as air attaché in Moscow from April 1948 and as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence) at the Air Ministry from January 1950 before retiring in July 1952.^[2]

↑ "Air Vice Marshal Neill C. Ogilvie-Forbes O.B.E". Eagles and Lions. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Air Vice Marshal N C Ogilvie-Forbes". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by L F Pendred	Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence) 1950–1952	Succeeded by F J Fressanges

Heads of RAF Intelligence

Medhurst 1941–1942 Inglis 1942–1945 Elmhirst 1945–1947 Pendred 1947–1950 Ogilvie-Forbes 1950–1952 Fressanges 1952–1954 MacDonald 1954–1958 Bufton 1958–1961 Foord-Kelcey 1961–1964 Maguire 1964–1965

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