John Tyssen

John Tyssen
John Tyssen
Born	20 June 1889
Died	4 January 1953 (aged 63)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army (1907–18); Royal Air Force (1918–42)
Years of service	1907–42
Rank	Air vice-marshal
Commands	No. 16 Group (1940–42); British Forces in Iraq (1937– 39); No. 12 Group (1937); RAF Gosport (1930–35); RAF Tangmere (1926–28); No. 5 Wing (1923–24); No. 20 Squadron (1920–23); No. 58 Squadron (1918); No. 26 Squadron (1917–18)
Battles / wars	First World War; Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Military Cross; Mentioned in dispatches

Air Vice-Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen, CB, MC (20 June 1889 – 4 January 1953) was a British Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the first half of the Second World War. He was Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq (20 November 1937 – November 1939)^[1]

References

Military offices
Vacant Title last held by Francis Scarlett In 1919	Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group Temporary appointment 1937	Succeeded by Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Preceded by Reginald Marix	Air Officer Commanding No. 16 Group 1940–1942	Succeeded by Ivor Lloyd