John Barker (RAF officer)

Air Vice Marshal John Lindsay Barker CB, CBE, DFC (12 November 1910 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the following years. He was the second Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force during the early 1960s.

John Lindsay Barker
Born	12 November 1910 Hull, England
Died	7 May 2004(2004-05-07) (aged 93) Exeter, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1931–1962
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands	Royal Ceylon Air Force (1959–63) RAF Ismailia (1950–53) No. 625 Squadron RAF (1944–45) No. 241 Squadron RAF (1941–43)
Battles / wars	Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Signals from chiefs of staff to Barker in his capacity as commander Shield Force relating to the re-establishment of British administration in Hong Kong are held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.^[1]