Air Chief Marshal Sir Brendan James Jackson, GCB (23 August 1935 – 19 November 1998) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command.
Sir Brendan Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 August 1935 London, England |
| Died | 19 November 1998 (aged 63) Shouldham Thorpe, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1956–93 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands | Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1988–93) RAF Marham (1977–79) No. 13 Squadron (1967–69) |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
RAF career
editBorn on 23 August 1935,[1] Jackson was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and the University of London. He then joined the Royal Air Force on a national service commission in 1956.[2] As a junior officer, he successfully ejected from a Victor B2 which became uncontrollable during a night training exercise on 20 March 1963.[2] Jackson also became a qualified interpreter.[2] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 13 Squadron in 1966 and went on to be Station Commander at RAF Marham in 1977.[2] He was made Director of Air Staff Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1979 and then Assistant Chief of Staff (Policy) at SHAPE in 1984.[2] He went on to be Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Strike Command in 1986 and Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1988.[2] He wrote a paper entitled "Nuclear Forces – The Ultimate Umbrella" in 1991, in which he wrote that Third World nuclear proliferation was even "more chimerical" than the threat from Russian nuclear weapons.[3] He retired in 1993.[2][4]
Family
editIn 1959 he married Shirley Norris; they had one son and one daughter.[2]
References
edit- ^ "B J Jackson". rafweb.org. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Obituary: Sir Brendan Jackson The Independent, 4 December 1998
- ^ The 520 Forgotten Bombs p. 9
- ^ "No. 53543". The London Gazette. 10 January 1994. p. 337.