(1900-06-30)30 June 1900 Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Died
23 June 1975(1975-06-23) (aged 74) Seaford, Sussex, England[1]
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Years of service
1943–1945
Rank
Group Captain
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Relations
Peter Stagg (son)
Other work
Director of Services at the Meteorological Office
Group Captain James Martin Stagg, CB, OBE, FRSE (30 June 1900 – 23 June 1975) was a British Met Office meteorologist attached to the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who notably persuaded General Dwight D. Eisenhower to change the date of the Allied invasion of Europe from 5 to 6 June 1944.[2]
^Aberdeen Press and Journal, 25 June 1975
^Buttle, Cameron (5 June 2019). "The RAF weathermen who helped save D-Day". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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