Hugh Constantine

Sir Hugh Constantine
Nickname(s)Connie
Born(1908-05-23)23 May 1908
Southsea, Hampshire
Died16 April 1992(1992-04-16) (aged 83)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1926–1964
RankAir Chief Marshal
CommandsImperial Defence College (1961–64)
Flying Training Command (1959–61)
No. 25 (Training) Group (1954–56)
No. 5 (Bomber) Group (1945)
RAF Elsham Wolds (1941–42)
No. 214 Squadron (1939)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (5)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Alex Constantine, KBE, CB, DSO (23 May 1908 – 16 April 1992) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command.

RAF career

Educated at Christ's Hospital,[1] Constantine joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1926, and was posted to No. 56 Squadron at RAF North Weald in December 1927.[2] On 10 December 1928, Constantine's Siskin fighter aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary off Leysdown, leaving him in a state of collapse. He was rescued by Flying Officer Walter Anderson and Corporal Thomas McTeague, who were awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal,[3] exchanged for the George Cross in 1940.[4] In 1934, as a flight lieutenant, Constantine took command of Number 3 Section of No.1 Armoured Car Company RAF.[2]

Constantine served in the Second World War, initially as officer commanding No. 214 Squadron and then as station commander at RAF Elsham Wolds.[2] He continued his war service as senior air staff officer at Headquarters No. 1 Group in 1942, as deputy senior air staff officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command in 1943 and as air officer commanding No. 5 Group in 1945.[2] In this capacity he worked closely with Barnes Wallis and used Grand Slam bombs and Tallboy bombs against key industrial targets in Germany.[1]

After the war, Constantine became chief intelligence officer with the Control Commission in Germany and was then appointed senior air staff officer at Headquarters No. 205 Group.[2] He went on to be director of intelligence (operations) at the Air Ministry in 1951, Air Officer Administration at Headquarters RAF Fighter Command in 1952 and air officer commanding No. 25 (Training) Group in 1954.[2] His final posts were as deputy chief of staff, plans & policy at Headquarters Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1956, air officer commanding-in-chief of Flying Training Command in 1959 and Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1961 before retiring in 1964.[2]

In retirement Constantine was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Warwick.[5]

Family

In 1937 Constantine married Helen; they had one daughter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Fell, David William. "Hugh Constantine". northlincsweb.net. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine
  3. ^ "No. 33485". The London Gazette. 12 April 1929. p. 2433.
  4. ^ Belfast Telegraph, Friday 28 February 1964. Page 10.
  5. ^ Honorary Graduates University of Warwick
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Imperial Defence College
1961–1964 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command
1959–1961 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding No. 5 (Bomber) Group
1945 		Group disbanded

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