John Tremayne Babington

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox military person Air Marshal Sir John Tremayne Babington, Template:Postnominals (20 July 1891 – 20 March 1979) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. In 1944, he retired and the following year changed his name to Tremayne, his mother's maiden name, to avoid confusion with his younger brother, Philip Babington.<ref name="Air of Authority">Template:Cite web</ref>

He was educated at Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Navy colleges.<ref>Hammerton, Sir John ABC of the RAF London 1941 p.49</ref>

RAF career

Babington was commissioned as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy in 1908.<ref name=air>Template:Cite web</ref> During the First World War, Babington was a member of the Royal Naval Air Service. He participated in the air raid on the Friedrichshaven Airship Factory, Germany on 21 November 1914.<ref name=air/> On 2 January 1920, Babington was removed from the Navy List and awarded a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force.<ref name=air/> He was appointed Station Commander at RAF Gosport in 1927 and went on to be a Station Commander in Iraq in January 1929 before becoming British Air Representative to the League of Nations in November 1929.<ref name=air/> He became Station Commander of RAF Halton and Commandant, No. 1 School of Technical Training in 1934, Air Officer Commanding No. 24 Group in 1936 and Air Officer Commanding, RAF Far East Command in 1938.<ref name=air/>

He served in the Second World War as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Technical Training Command and then Head of RAF Mission in Moscow<ref>Service Aviation Flight International, 24 June 1943</ref> before retiring in 1944.<ref name=air/>

In retirement he served as High Sheriff of Cornwall.<ref name=air/>