Geboortedatum:

16 maart 1917 (Birkenhead/Engeland, Groot-Brittannië)

Overlijdensdatum:

28 september 2003 (Stonor/Oxfordshire, Groot-Brittannië)

Dienstnummer:

70225

Nationaliteit:

Britse (1801-heden, Koninkrijk)

Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris ontving tevens de OBE (2 januari 1956), CB (11 juni 1966), KCB (1 januari 1969) en GCB (1 januari 1973).

Bevorderingen:
?: Pilot Officer;
3 november 1939: Flying Officer;
17 maart 1941: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.);
1 juni 1942: temporary Squadron Leader;
?: Acting Wing Commander;
21 oktober 1944: Squadron Leader (war subs.);
1 december 1945: Squadron Leader (seniority 1 september 1945);
1 juli 1951: Wing Commander;
1 juli 1957: Group Captain;
1 juli 1961: Air Commodore;
1 april 1963: Acting Air Vice-Marshall;
1 januari 1964: Air Vice-Marshall;
1 juli 1968: Air Marshall;
1 december 1970: Air Chief-Marshall.

Loopbaan:
?: Winchester College;
?: Trinity College;
?: University Air Squadron (OUAS);
? - 14 december 1938: Reserve of Air Force Officers;
14 december 1938: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve;
?: No. 9 Flying Training School, Hullavington;
?: No. 13 Squadron;
27 september 1940: No. 3 Squadron;
26 februari 1941: No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron;
?: Instructor Commonwealth Air Training Scheme, Canada;
1943: Flight Commander No. 143 Squadron;
1943: Flight Commander No. 252 Squadron;
1945: Commanding Officer No. 143 Squadron;
?: Headquarters No. 2 Group;
?: RAF Staff College;
?: Commanding Officer No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron;
1948: Comanding Officer Oxford University Air Squadron;
1951: Directing Staff, RAF Staff College;
1953: Headquarters Far East, Singapore;
1956: Headquarters Fighter Command;
?: Commanding Officer RAF Stradishall;
1958: Commanding Officer RAF Wets-Malling;
1960: Director of Organisation and Administrative Plans Air Ministry;
1963: Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff;
1964: Air Officer Commanding No. 224 Group;
1967 - 11 april 1968: Director RAF Organisation;
1968 - 10 november 1970: Commander-in-Chief Germany and Commander 2nd Tactical Air Force, NATO;
9 januari 1971 - 22 april 1974: Chief of Personnel and Logistics;
22 april 1974: Retirement;
1974 - 1982: Chairman Cheshire Foundation;
1978: President Leonard Cheshire Housing Association;
1979: Vice-President Royal United Services Institute;
1980: Chairman Gardens for the Disabled;
1984: Chairman ex-RAF and Dependants Severely Disabled Holiday Trust;
1984 - 1986: Chairman Trinity College, Oxford, Society.

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Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Acting Wing Commander (Waarnemend Luitenant-Kolonel-Vlieger)

Eenheid:

No. 143 Squadron, Royal Air Force (No. 143 Squadron, Royal Air Force)

Toegekend op:

29 mei 1945

Aanbeveling:
Deze officier heeft een opmerkelijke en lange staat van operationele dienst. Hij heeft tijdens zijn derde tour talloze missies gevlogen en in die periode heeft hij een grote verscheidenheid aan vijandelijke doelen aangevallen. Deze officer heeft het squadron al diverse maanden aangevoerd. Tijdens die periode werden talloze aanvallen op vijandelijke doelen gedaan. Met zijn briljante leiding, uitzonderlijke bekwaamheid en vastberadenheid heeft Wing Commander Foxley-Norris in ruime mate bijgedragen aan de behaalde successen.

LG 37099/2713.

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Acting Wing Commander (Waarnemend Luitenant-Kolonel-Vlieger)

Toegekend op:

14 juni 1945

LG 37119/2991.

• - The London Gazette of 24th January 1939, Issue 34592
  - The London Gazette of 2nd July 1940, Issue 34887
  - The London Gazette of 28th March 1941, Issue 35119
  - The London Gazette of 3rd July 1942, Issue 35618
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 25th May 1945, Issue 37099, dated 29th May 1945
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 8th June 1945, Issue 37119, dated 14th June 1945
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 27th November 1945, Issue 37370, dated 30th November 1945
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 22nd March 1946, Issue 26th March 1946
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 25th February 1947, Issue 37892, dated 28th February 1947
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 26th June 1951, Issue 39271, dated 29th June 1951
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 30th December 1955, Issue 40669, dated 2nd January 1956
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 25th June 1957, Issue 41111, dated 28th June 1957
  - Second Suplement to The London Gazette of 30th June 1961, Issue 42403, dated 4th July 1961
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 19th April 1963, Issue 42976, dated 23rd April 1963
  - Eleventh Supplement to The London Gazette of 31st December 1963, Issue 43210, dated 3rd January 1964
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 3rd June 1966, Issue 44004, dated 11th June 1966
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 11th April 1968, Issue 44565, dated 16th April 1968
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 28th June 1968, Issue 44625, dated 2nd July 1968
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 20th December 1968, Issue 44740, dated 1st January 1969
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 6th November 1970, Issue 45228, dated 10th November 1970
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 27th November 1970, Issue 45240, dated 1st December 1970
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 8th January 1971, Issue 45278, dated 12th January 1971
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 29th December 1972, Issue 45860, dated 1st January 1973
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 3rd June 1974, Issue 46306, dated 4th June 1974