Philip Joubert de la Ferté

Air Chief Marshal

Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté

KCB CMG DSO
1940 portrait by Herbert James Gunn
Born(1887-05-21)21 May 1887
Darjeeling, India
Died21 January 1965(1965-01-21) (aged 77)
Uxbridge, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army (1907–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–43)
Years of service1907–43
RankAir Chief Marshal
CommandsInspector-General of the RAF (1943)
Coastal Command (1936–37, 1941–43)
Air Forces in India (1937–39)
No. 11 Group (1936)
Fighting Area (1934–36)
RAF Staff College, Andover (1930–33)
No. 23 Group (1929–30)
No. 2 (Training) Group (1919)
RAF in Italy (1918–19)
14th (Army) Wing (1917–18)
21st Wing (1917)
Fifth Wing (1916–17)
No. 33 Squadron (1916)
No. 1 Squadron (1915)
No. 15 Squadron (1915)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (5)
Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
War Cross for Military Valor (Italy)
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Other workAuthor

Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté, KCB, CMG, DSO (21 May 1887 – 21 January 1965) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s and the Second World War.

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