Malcolm Henderson
Malcolm Henderson, was a Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Henderson began the First World War as an army private, in the London Scottish battalion, but was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in 1915 and seconded to the Royal Flying Corps. In 1916 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. The citation read:
Later that year the French government awarded him the Croix de guerre.
In the 1920s he spent some years in Egypt, commanding first 216 Squadron and then No. 47 Squadron.
He was Air Officer Commanding No. 14 Group during the Battle of Britain.
