Facts: - honorific prefix: captain - honorific suffix: cbe dsc & bar - battles: world war ii korean war - death date: 23 september 1974 - allegiance: united kingdom - commands: theseus r64 6 - awards: commander service cross & bar of the order of the british empire distinguished - birth date: 1919 - serviceyears: 1938 -- 1962 - name: frederick stovin-bradford - branch: united kingdom - rank: captain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of fred stovin-bradford .
captain frederick stovin-bradford & bar -lrb- 1919 -- 23 september 1974 -rrb- was a royal navy officer and aviator in the fleet air arm .during his career , stovin-bradford was involved in the sinking of the italian submarine iride , one of the youngest officers to be promoted to the rank of captain since nelson , staff officer to the flag officer of home air command in england and later chief staff officer to the flag officer in charge of east australia .