served as chairman of the governors of the Duke of Kent School and of the education committee of the RAF Benevolent Fund from 1979 to 1986. He was also as president of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society from 1979 to 1995, of the Royal Air Force Association from 1981 to 1984, and also of the Special Forces Club and the RAF Club. An account of his wartime service for SOE was published in Royal Air Force at War in 1983. He lived near Sevenoaks in Kent, and became a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent in 1992. He was survived by his wife, Elisabeth Blackett. They were married in 1950, and had two sons together. References External links Obituary, The Independent, 6 January 2007 Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 5 January 2007 Obituary, The Times, 8 January 2007 |- |- |- People educated at St Paul's School, London 1918 births 2007 deaths People from Richmond, London Royal Air Force air marshals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Graduates of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell Deputy Lieutenants of Kent Military personnel from London Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)