serviceyears servicenumber branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards honorific_suffix battles birth_date rank article_title name
1926 -- 1954 25011 united kingdom united kingdom no. training school -lrb- raf heany -rrb- 2 squadron raf -lrb- lysanders no 4 flight 15 december 1988 eastbourne , sussex , england belgaum , india united kingdom commander service order mentioned in despatches legion of merit -lrb- united of states -rrb- the order of the british empire distinguished cbe dso world war ii 31 july 1906 air commodore andrew james wray geddes
 andrew james wray geddes
andrew james wray geddes

air commodore andrew james wray geddes -lrb- 31 july 1906 -- 15 december 1988 -rrb- was the senior royal air force officer during world war ii who led the planning for operation manna , the air drop of food supplies to the starving population of the netherlands .
