Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry

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Royal Air Force officer World War II veteran air marshal fighter pilot human military commander

Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force commander and World War II fighter leader renowned for his daring operational flying and later high-level leadership roles.

Aliases (2)

Basil Embry ×48
Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force officer → World War II veteran → air marshal → fighter pilot → human → military commander →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
authorOf	Mission Completed →
awardReceived	Commander of the Legion of Honour → Commander of the Legion of Merit → Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 → Distinguished Flying Cross → Distinguished Service Order → Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Order of Polonia Restituta →
birthDate	1902-02-28 →
birthPlace	Gloucestershire →
conflict	First World War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1977-12-07 →
education	Royal Air Force College Cranwell →
familyName	Embry →
genre	military autobiography →
givenName	Basil →
hasMilitaryRole	fighter leader → operational commander →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force →
militaryRank	Air Marshal →
notableEvent	Escape from German captivity in 1940 →
notableFor	daring low-level attack operations in World War II → high-level leadership in RAF Fighter Command after World War II →
notableWork	Mission Completed → Operational leadership of RAF 2 Group during World War II →
occupation	fighter pilot → military officer →
partOf	Royal Air Force Bomber Command → Royal Air Force Fighter Command →
placeOfDeath	Dorset →
positionHeld	Air Officer Commanding No. 10 Group → Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group → Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command →
serviceNumber	Royal Air Force officer number (unknown exact value) →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
No. 12 Group RAF ("Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry") →	commander
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command →	notableHolder