For the English footballer, see Eric Betts (footballer).
Eric Bourne Coulter Betts
Born
(1897-01-24)24 January 1897 Dalkey, Dublin
Died
30 October 1971(1971-10-30) (aged 74)
Buried
St Barrahane's Church, Castletownshend, County Cork, Ireland
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy (1915–18) Royal Air Force (1918–46)
Years of service
1915–46
Rank
Air Vice Marshal
Commands held
No. 101 Squadron (1933–35)
Battles/wars
First World War
Western Front
Second World War
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Croix de guerre (France) Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
Air Vice Marshal Eric Bourne Coulter Betts, CBE, DSC, DFC (24 January 1897 – 30 October 1971) was an Irish air officer of the British Royal Air Force. He began his career in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. He became a flying ace credited with six aerial victories, although acedom was incidental to his more important mission of long range photographic reconnaissance, for which he was decorated.[1]
He remained in military service post-war, rising through the ranks of the Royal Air Force to group captain just before the Second World War began. As that war started, he was an influential participant in the United Kingdom's effort to gear up for the conflict; his sixteen early forecasts of needed personnel and logistic requirements for the Royal Air Force were accurate within a five percent margin.[2]
Later in the war, having been promoted to air vice marshal, he was in charge of administration for Middle East Command. He retired in that rank post-war, on 10 March 1946.[2]
^"Eric Bourne Coulter Betts". The Aerodrome. 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ abBarrass, M. B. (2016). "Air Vice Marshal E. B. C. Betts". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
rank post-war, on 10 March 1946. Eric Bourne Coulter Betts was born in Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland, on 24 January 1897. Betts began his military service as a...
Allman's death in 1971, Betts assumed sole lead guitar duties during the peak of the group's commercial success in the mid-1970s. Betts was the writer and...
production when pulling the ball, Betts has been compared to former Red Sox teammate Dustin Pedroia. Outside of baseball, Betts is also a professional ten-pin...
Arkansas, with her father, Rick, her brother Tim, and Tim's friend, EricBetts. Her maternal aunt, Teresa Paul, lived in the house next door. Kacie was...
and impersonal," said Betts. Allman was finally sober and felt that more miserable shows with Betts would be a waste of time. Betts later received a cash...
Independent Feature Project (IFP). Retrieved 10 November 2017. Wikiquote has quotations related to Maggie Betts. Maggie Betts at IMDb Maggie Betts at AllMovie...
were caused by Betts and were not the result of police gunfire. Soon after the attack, police identified the gunman as Connor Stephen Betts, a 24-year-old...
Emily Bett Rickards (born July 24, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Felicity Smoak on The CW series Arrow, her first television...
as referring to Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre. At 8:00 a.m. on January 10, 2020, Betts arrived at the institution...
Teoscar Hernández homered, Shohei Ohtani doubled and Mookie Betts tripled in an 8–3 victory. Betts homered again in the next game as the Dodgers won, 5–4....
by Eric and Lowell Blum and was filmed in California, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The music soundtrack was composed by Harry Betts, and...
From 1982 to 1984, he was part of the group Betts, Hall, Leavell and Trucks, which had been organized by Betts. Although the group received good critical...
of 91. Barbara Anne Betts was born on 6 October 1910 at 64 Derby Road, Chesterfield, the youngest of three children to Frank Betts and his wife Annie Rebecca...
Keith Park, Wilfred McClaughry and Charles Portal, and Flight Lieutenants EricBetts, Harold Kerby and John Cole-Hamilton. Edmonds won the R. M. Groves Memorial...
Robert Barbour John Barlow Frank Bell EricBetts Nicholson Boulton Percy Boulton Clifford Bowman Arthur Britton Eric Brookes Leslie William Burbidge James...
202 Squadron RAF, flying the DH.4 two-seater day bomber. With Captain EricBetts as his observer/gunner he went on to gain four more aerial victories;...
by Mookie Betts. The Chicago Cubs came to town for the next series and the Dodgers won the first game 5–3 thanks to two home runs by Betts. In the next...
Bergen Democratic 2nd March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 New Utrecht ? Samuel Betts Democratic-Republican 7th March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 Newburgh ? Mario...
Keith Park, Wilfred McClaughry and Charles Portal, and Flight Lieutenants EricBetts and John Cole-Hamilton. On completion of the Staff College course he was...
vocals), the group originally also included guitarist and vocalist Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe"...
James Anthony Betts (1897–1980) was a British artist and arts professor. Betts was born in Skipton, North Riding of Yorkshire. He began his education at...
Global Information