Michael Lyne

Air Vice Marshal Michael Dillon Lyne, CB, AFC & Two Bars (23 March 1919 – 21 December 1997) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Michael Lyne
Born23 March 1919
Died21 December 1997
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1935–1970
RankAir Vice Marshal
Commands heldNo. 54 Squadron
RAF Wildenrath
Royal Air Force College Cranwell
No. 23 Group
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross & Two Bars

RAF career

Lyne was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 29 July 1939.[1] He served in the Second World War as officer commanding the Air Gunnery School in Egypt and on the Air Staff at Headquarters RAF Mediterranean and Middle East.[2]

After the war he became officer commanding, No. 54 Squadron in 1946, chief flying instructor at the RAF Flying College at Manby in 1954 and officer commanding, RAF Wildenrath in 1958.[2] He went on to be air attaché in Moscow in 1961, commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1963 and Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 Group in 1965.[3] After that he became senior member of the RAF Directing Staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1968 and Director-General of RAF Training in 1970 before retiring in 1971.[2]

References
  1. "No. 34687". The London Gazette. 19 September 1939. p. 6352.
  2. "Air Vice Marshal M.D. Lyne". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. "Senior RAF appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Peter Philpott		 Air Officer Commanding No. 23 Group
1965–1967		 Succeeded by
Harry Burton
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