John Tyssen

John Tyssen
Born	(1889-06-20)20 June 1889
Died	4 January 1953(1953-01-04) (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

1. His Majesty's Stationery Office London: The Air Force List, February 1939

• Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice-Marshal J H S Tyssen

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