Richard Pink
| Richard Charles Montagu Pink | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 November 1888 Winchester, Hampshire |
| Died | 7 March 1932 (aged 43) Princess Mary's RAF Hospital RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy (1904–1914) Royal Naval Air Service (1914–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1932) |
| Years of service | 1904–1932 |
| Rank | Air Commodore |
| Commands held | No. 2 (Indian) Wing |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Pink's War |
| Awards |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mention in Dispatches (20 November 1925) |
Air Commodore Richard Charles Montagu Pink CBE (30 November 1888 – 7 March 1932) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He distinguished himself during service with the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Air Service in World War I, before joining the Royal Air Force shortly after its creation in 1918. He is the namesake of Pink's War, which was the first campaign conducted by the RAF alone and the only campaign to be named after an RAF officer.
Richard Charles Montagu Pink was born on 30 November 1888 in Winchester, Hampshire. He was schooled at St Aubyns, Eastbourne, and Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, then in 1904 joined the Navy as a midshipman, before successive promotions to sub-lieutenant in 1908 and lieutenant in 1911. During his time with the Royal Navy and then the Royal Naval Air Service, Pink worked first in submarine and then anti-submarine warfare, coming to command the Milford Haven Anti-Submarine Group in 1917, following postings as Commanding Officer of RNAS Longside and RNAS Pembroke.
With the transfer of RNAS personnel into the new Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, Pink was appointed to senior staff duties in the Marine Operations Section of the RAF's Directorate of Flying Operations. By January 1919 he was part of the British Delegation's Air Section to the Paris Peace Conference but was recalled to home duties later that year to take up post as the Director of Flying Operations and act as the Airship Advisor to the Chief of the Air Staff. He received a permanent commission as a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Air Force on 1 August 1919, a rank later renamed to wing commander. From 1919 to 1921 Pink carried out executive roles at the RAF's Coastal Aircraft Depot, before being posted at the end of November 1919 as the Officer Commanding the Aircraft Depot in Egypt.
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