Embry (far right), Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group, with his staff
Born
(1902-02-28)28 February 1902 Gloucestershire, England
Died
7 December 1977(1977-12-07) (aged 75) Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1921–56
Rank
Air Chief Marshal
Commands held
Allied Air Forces Central Europe (1953–56) Fighter Command (1949–53) No. 2 Group (1943–45) RAF Wittering (1940–41, 1942) No. 107 Squadron (1939–40) No. 20 Squadron (1937–38)
Battles/wars
North-West Frontier
Second Mohmand Campaign
Second World War
Norwegian Campaign
Battle of France
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Three Bars Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross Mentioned in Despatches (4) Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de guerre (France) Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) Grand Officer with Swords of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands)
Spouse(s)
Margaret Elliot
Children
5, including Paddy
Other work
Sheep farmer
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 Edward Embry, GCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars, DFC, AFC (28 February 1902 – 7 December 1977) was a senior Royal Air Force commander...
Embry may refer to: Aaron Embry (born 1975), American musician Ashton F. Embry (born 1946), Canadian research scientist BasilEmbry (1902–1977), British...
World War, wounded nine times and mentioned in despatches four times BasilEmbry, Second World War Royal Air Force officer Bernard Freyberg, also awarded...
making preparations for a return of Allied forces to the continent. BasilEmbry, the commanding officer of the Second Tactical Air Force, commanded the...
attacking Nazi headquarters in Copenhagen. Accordingly, air vice-marshal Sir BasilEmbry drew up plans for a spectacular precision attack on the Sicherheitsdienst...
published in 1950. However, it was it was "written by an R.A.F. colleague of Embry's, and thus [does not have] the personal touch of autobiography" according...
Elliot Embry (born 19 October 1942) is a former Australian politician. Born in Oundle in the United Kingdom to Air Chief Marshal BasilEmbry and Lady...
Sir William Elliot 19 April 1949 7 April 1953 Air Chief Marshal Sir BasilEmbry 7 April 1953 1 January 1956 MRAF Sir Dermot Boyle 1 January 1956 8 August...
emergency landing at Carnaby by the end of the war. Air Chief Marshal BasilEmbry in Mission Completed believed that the three emergency runways were constructed...
(Frontier Force), with air support from the Indian Wing commanded by BasilEmbry. The commanders of the Peshawar and Nowshera Brigades, Claude Auchinleck...
between escapers and evaders and their helpers. Air Chief Marshal Sir BasilEmbry was the president of the RAFES from its formation until the 1970s. The...
and to arrange for accomplices to be waiting outside. Air Vice-Marshal BasilEmbry, the officer commanding 2 Group, intended to lead the raid but was overruled...
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, born in Cheltenham Air Chief Marshal Sir BasilEmbry Sir Martin Evans, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
Wilfrid Freeman planned to order the change, and that the strong-willed BasilEmbry would probably be given command of the new force, Harris bowed to the...
the manuscript and had passed it to the publishers, he approached Sir BasilEmbry, who was himself an escaper, to provide a foreword. But Hutton's publishers...
States US Air Force 2 April 1951 – 16 July 1953 2 Air Chief Marshal Sir BasilEmbry United Kingdom Royal Air Force 16 July 1953 – 1 January 1956 3 Air Chief...
Tactical Air Force. 2 Group's Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice-Marshal BasilEmbry assigned the reprisal attack operation to No. 140 Wing RAF, which had...
was captain of the Rugby team at RAF Netheravon a team which included BasilEmbry. Usher also played as a Forward in RAF matches again the Army and Royal...
1947 – Air Marshal Sir William Elliot 19 April 1949 – Air Marshal Sir BasilEmbry 7 April 1953 – Air Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle 1 January 1956 – Air Marshal...
(Bomber) Group 1951–1953 Succeeded by Sir John Whitley Preceded by Sir BasilEmbry Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command 1953–1956 Succeeded by Sir Hubert...
headquarters for No 2 Group RAF of Bomber Command led by Air Vice Marshal BasilEmbry. On the staff there for six months before his capture as a POW was the...
by the Air Ministry, the commander of No. 2 Group, Air Vice-Marshal BasilEmbry, recommended him for the Victoria Cross (VC). Instituted in 1856, the...
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