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Air Chief Marshal Sir William Alec Coryton KCB, KBE, MVO, DFC (16 February 1895 – 20 October 1981), known as Alec Coryton, was a senior Royal Air Force commander in the Second World War.
Originally commissioned as an officer into the British Army's Rifle Brigade (Special Reserve), Coryton transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a lieutenant in 1918. When the RFC became the Royal Air Force, he resigned his Army commission and became a Royal Air Force officer.
From 1925 to 1928, he was Officer Commanding 16 Squadron, based at Old Sarum, Wiltshire, operating the Bristol F.2 Fighter in the tactical reconnaissance role.
On 25 April 1942 he became Air Officer Commanding No. 5 Group RAF. It has been claimed that the then Air Commodore Coryton was sacked by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris for refusing to send a small force of Lancasters from his group on a sneak raid to Berlin in poor weather conditions.
In February 1943 Coryton moved to the Air Staff at the Air Ministry and was appointed Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in 1944.
BRABAZON ONE CHRISTENED - The giant Brabazon One is christened by Air Marshal Sir Alec Coryton. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/556ed00749e649efa6f062f0bc962c36 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Bristol, Avon. LS. GV. Pan over line of old cars. MS. Car No 15, 1902 Mercedes, before start. MS. Car No 11, 1899 Decauville Vis-a-vis. MS. People grouped around another old car. SCU. Car No 18, 1902 Star. MS. Car No 51, 1911 Rolls Royce. CU. Bonnet and trade mark of Rolls Royce. MS. Mr L. M. Austin and Wing Commander W. C. Johnston driving along in car No 2, 1902 De Dion Bouton Type G 4.5hp Vis-a-vis. MS. Air Marshal Sir Alec Coryton and passenger driving in 1902 De Dion Bouton Double-phaeton. MS. Spectators. MS. Towards, veteran cars moving along busy street. SCU. Two cars moving along busy street. MS. A 1910 Renault driving along country road. SCU. Car driving along (2 shots). MS A 1909 Renault driving along. MS. An A. C. Sociable 1910 driving along. MS. Towards and pan, a 1911 Stanl...
Unissued / unused material. Panama presents statue to Royal Air Force, Air Ministry London. MSs flags - Union Jack, RAF ensign, Panama. CU placard written in Spanish. MS personnel assembling. MS opening of ceremony. CU Senor Don Eusenio A. Morales, the Panamanian Charge D'affairs. MS ceremony. CU Right Honourable Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Air. CU Air Marshall Sir Arthur Canders, pan from head down to waist. MS statue being unveiled. MS Arthur Henderson and Morales shaking hands with statue in background. MS unveiling of statue. CU four shots of representatives from Panama. CU Air Marshall Sir Alec Coryton and Air Vice Marshall R. N. Foster. CU inscription on statue - "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many of so few". MS statue, pan...
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