Christopher Hartley (RAF officer)

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Sir Christopher Hartley
Born(1913-01-31)31 January 1913
Died29 July 1998(1998-07-29) (aged 85)
Oxford, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1938–1970
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldDeputy Chief of the Air Staff (1963–66)
No. 12 Group (1959–60)
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross
Air Efficiency Award
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harold Hartley KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, AE (31 January 1913 – 29 July 1998) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1963 to 1966.

RAF career[]

Educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, Hartley joined the Royal Air Force in 1938.[1] He served in World War II as a pilot and then as assistant director of Intelligence (Technical).[1] After the war he became Chief of Staff at Headquarters No 12 (Fighter) Group.[1] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group in 1959, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1961 and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in 1963 before being made Controllor of Aircraft in 1967 and retiring in 1970.[1]

Family[]

The son of noted chemist Harold Hartley, Christopher Hartley married Anne Sitwell in 1937.[2] Following the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Margaret Watson in 1944; they had two sons.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Christopher Hartley
  2. ^ a b Obituary: Air Marshal Sir Christopher Hartley Daily Telegraph, 26 August 1998
Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
1963–1966 		Succeeded by
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