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- Sir Edward „Tap“ Gordon Jones KCB CBE DSO DFC (* 31. August 1914 in Widnes, Cheshire; † 20. Februar 2007) war ein britischer Luftwaffenoffizier der Royal Air Force, der zuletzt im Range eines Generalleutnants (Air Marshal) zwischen 1966 und 1969 Kommandierender General (Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief) der Luftstreitkräfte im Nahen Osten (RAF Near East Air Force) sowie von 1967 bis 1969 Befehlshaber der britischen Streitkräfte im Nahen Osten (Commander-in-Chief Near East Air Force) war. (de)
- Air Marshal Sir Edward “Tap” Gordon Jones, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC (31 August 1914 – 20 February 2007) was an officer in the Royal Air Force for 34 years, from 1935 to 1969. He commanded a squadron of obsolescent biplane Gladiator fighters during the Greek Campaign in the Second World War, where he shot down five Italian Fiat CR.42 fighters. He served in mainly operational posts in Europe until he retired. Unusually, he never served a post in the Air Ministry or the UK Ministry of Defence. (en)
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- RAF Germany(1961–63)
- British Forces Cyprus(1966–69)
- Central Reconnaissance Establishment (1959–60)
- Near East Air Force(1966–69)
- No. 121 Wing(1944–45)
- No. 80 Squadron(1940–41)
- RAF Hawkinge(1942–43)
- RAF Malta (1965–66)
- RAF Valley(c.1951–53)
- RAF Wyton(1957–58)
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- Widnes, Lancashire, England (en)
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- Sir Edward Gordon Jones (en)
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- Commander British Forces Cyprus (en)
- Commander-in-Chief Near East Air Force (en)
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- Sir Edward „Tap“ Gordon Jones KCB CBE DSO DFC (* 31. August 1914 in Widnes, Cheshire; † 20. Februar 2007) war ein britischer Luftwaffenoffizier der Royal Air Force, der zuletzt im Range eines Generalleutnants (Air Marshal) zwischen 1966 und 1969 Kommandierender General (Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief) der Luftstreitkräfte im Nahen Osten (RAF Near East Air Force) sowie von 1967 bis 1969 Befehlshaber der britischen Streitkräfte im Nahen Osten (Commander-in-Chief Near East Air Force) war. (de)
- Air Marshal Sir Edward “Tap” Gordon Jones, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC (31 August 1914 – 20 February 2007) was an officer in the Royal Air Force for 34 years, from 1935 to 1969. He commanded a squadron of obsolescent biplane Gladiator fighters during the Greek Campaign in the Second World War, where he shot down five Italian Fiat CR.42 fighters. He served in mainly operational posts in Europe until he retired. Unusually, he never served a post in the Air Ministry or the UK Ministry of Defence. (en)
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- Edward Gordon Jones (de)
- Tap Jones (en)
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- Sir Edward Gordon Jones (en)
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