Ian Horrocks (RAF officer)

Air Commodore Ian Horrocks (died 10 June 2014) was a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot, a senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1970s and 1980s and a Commandant Royal Observer Corps.[1] Horrocks was the Station Commander of RAF Shawbury from 1978 to 1980.[2]

Ian Horrocks
Nickname(s)"Chunky"
Died10 June 2014
Cyprus
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1952–89
RankAir Commodore
Commands heldRoyal Observer Corps (1986–89)
RAF Shawbury (1978–80)

Horrocks retired as an air commodore. He died on 10 June 2014.[3]

References
  1. "Units directly responsible to Ministry level". rafweb.org. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. "RAF Shawbury". rafweb.org.
  3. Horrocks – Air Commodore Ian
Military offices
Preceded by
P G C Wilson		 Station Commander RAF Shawbury
1978–1980		 Succeeded by
R R Bond
Preceded by
Jack Broughton		 Commandant Royal Observer Corps
1986–1989		 Succeeded by
George Boddy
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