Roderick Carr
| Sir Charles Roderick Carr | |
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Sir Roderick Carr
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| Born |
31 August 1891 Feilding, New Zealand |
| Died | 15 December 1971 (aged 80) RAF Hospital Uxbridge |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–47) |
| Years of service | 1914–1947 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held |
Commander in Chief, Air Headquarters India (1946) No. 4 Group (1941–45) No. 61 Group (1940) RAF Brize Norton (1939) |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross Mentioned in Despatches Order of St. Anna, 2nd Class with Swords and Bow (Russia) Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class with Sword and Bow (Russia) Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (France) Croix de guerre (France) |
| Other work | Divisional Controller, Ministry of Civil Aviation |
Air Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Carr KBE, CB, DFC, AFC (31 August 1891 – 15 December 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force commander from New Zealand. He held high command in the Second World War and served as Chief of the Indian Air Force.
Educated at Fielding School and Wellington College, New Zealand, Carr was commissioned as a temporary flight sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service in July 1915. He saw action as a spotter at the Battle of Loos in October 1915 during the First World War.
In 1919 he went to Russia to fight on the anti-Bolshevist side in the civil war, where he won his Distinguished Flying Cross for action against the enemy. The citation was as follows:
On the 17th June, 1919, this officer flew a scout machine over the enemy aerodrome at Puchega, at an average height of only 50 feet, for thirty minutes. During this time he succeeded in setting fire to a Nieuport enemy machine, to a hangar which contained three aeroplanes (all of which were destroyed), drove all the personnel off the aerodrome, and killed some of the mechanics.
In 1921 he was a part of Ernest Shackleton's final Antarctic expedition. On his return, he was granted an RAF short service commission in the rank of flying officer.
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