Air Commodore

Air Commodore

Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Philip Lionel Lincoln CB

Order of the Bath

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 DSO

Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...

 MC

Military Cross

The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

 (1892–1989) was a Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 officer who became the last Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Balloon Command

RAF Balloon Command

Balloon Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based barrage balloon units during World War II.- History :...

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RAF career

Educated at Framlingham College

Framlingham College

Framlingham College is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its preparatory school, Brandeston Hall and Little Bears Nursery it serves pupils from 2 1/2 to eighteen years of age.-History of Framlingham...

, Lincoln was commissioned into the Northumberland Fusiliers

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

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 in 1914 and served in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 as Commanding Officer of the 10th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Between the Wars he worked for R Passmore and Co. He joined the Auxiliary Air Force in 1938 and served in World War II

World War II

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 as Officer Commanding No. 902 (County of London) (Balloon) Squadron and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 34 Group, Senior Air Staff Officer and Air Officer Administration at Headquarters RAF Balloon Command

RAF Balloon Command

Balloon Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based barrage balloon units during World War II.- History :...

 before becoming Air Officer Commanding No. 30 Group in 1944 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Balloon Command

RAF Balloon Command

Balloon Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based barrage balloon units during World War II.- History :...

 in February 1945. He retired in August 1945.

He was also a judge for the Ski Club of Great Britain

Ski Club of Great Britain

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