Air Chief MarshalSir Theodore Neuman McEvoy, KCB,CBE (21 November 1904 – 19 September 1991) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who held high command in the 1950s and early 1960s. His last appointment was as Air Secretary.
After the war McEvoy was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 61 Group in 1949 and then from 1950 he was Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training) at the Air Ministry.[1] He went on to be RAF Instructor at the Imperial Defence College from 1954, Chief of Staff at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe from 1956 and Air Secretary from 1959 before retiring in 1962.[1]
In the 1950s he became keen on flying gliders and was President of the RAF Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA). He was instrumental in setting up the RAFGSA centre at RAF Bicester and himself flew cross-country flights from there in gliders. On one of these he landed at RAF Benson and the Station Commander was about to take action after what he thought was an unauthorised landing when the pilot was revealed as an Air Chief Marshal and he decided to congratulate him instead.
Later lifeedit
In retirement, McEvoy became Chairman of the Society for Italic Handwriting.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abcdeAir of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Theodore McEvoy
^The Society for Italic Handwriting – Sir Theodore McEvoy
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