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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté<br />
|image= Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, KCB, CMG, DSO (Art.IWM ART LD 764).jpg<br />
|image_size= 200<br />
|caption= Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté by [[Herbert James Gunn]]<br />
|nickname= <br />
|birth_date= {{birth date|df=y|1887|5|21}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Darjeeling]], India<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|1965|1|21|1887|5|21}}<br />
|death_place= [[Uxbridge]], England<br />
|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
|branch= [[British Army]] (1907–18)<br/>[[Royal Air Force]] (1918–43)<br />
|serviceyears= 1907–43<br />
|rank= [[Air Chief Marshal]]<br />
|unit= <br />
|commands= [[Inspector-General of the RAF]] (1943)<br/>[[RAF Coastal Command|Coastal Command]] (1936–37, 1941–43)<br/>[[Chief of Air Staff (India)|Air Forces in India]] (1937–39)<br/>[[No. 11 Group RAF|No. 11 Group]] (1936)<br/>Fighting Area (1934–36)<br/>[[RAF Staff College, Andover]] (1930–33)<br/>[[No. 23 Group RAF|No. 23 Group]] (1929–30)<br/>[[No. 2 Group RAF|No. 2 (Training) Group]] (1919)<br/>RAF in Italy (1918–19)<br/>[[14th Wing RFC|14th (Army) Wing]] (1917–18)<br/>[[21st Wing RFC|21st Wing]] (1917)<br/>[[No. 5 Wing RAF|Fifth Wing]] (1916–17)<br/>[[No. 33 Squadron RFC|No. 33 Squadron]] (1916)<br/>[[No. 1 Squadron RFC|No. 1 Squadron]] (1915)<br/>[[No. 15 Squadron RAF|No. 15 Squadron]] (1915)<br />
|battles= [[First World War]]<br/>[[Second World War]]<br />
|awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] (5)<br/>[[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus|Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]] (Italy)<br/>[[War Cross for Military Valor]] (Italy)<br/>[[Legion of Merit|Commander of the Legion of Merit]] (United States)<br/>[[Order of Orange-Nassau|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau]] (Netherlands)<br />
|relations= <br />
|laterwork= Author<br />
}}<br />
[[Air Chief Marshal]] '''Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CMG|DSO}} (21 May 1887 – 21 January 1965) was a senior commander in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the 1930s and the [[Second World War]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Joubert de la Ferté was born in [[Darjeeling]], India to Colonel Charles Henry Joubert de la Ferté and Eliza Jane née<br />
Meville. He was of partial French descent, his paternal grandfather having emigrated to England in 1840. He was sent to England as a child where he attended [[Elstree School]] and later [[Harrow School]].<ref name="odnb">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Joubert de la Ferté, Sir Philip Bennet | encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | publisher=Oxford University Press | accessdate=20 November 2013 | author=Chilton, Edward |author2=Goulter, Christina J. M. | url=http://www.oxforddnb.com.rp.nla.gov.au/view/article/34244?docPos=1}}{{subscription required}}</ref><br />
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==RAF career==<br />
Joubert de la Ferté joined the [[British Army]] attending the [[Royal Military Academy Woolwich]] and gaining his commission in 1907.<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Joubert.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté]</ref> From 1907 to 1913 he served in the [[Royal Field Artillery]], rising to the rank of [[lieutenant]].<ref name=air/> In 1913 he attended the [[Central Flying School]] and went on to serve in the [[Royal Flying Corps]].<ref name=air/> With the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914, he joined the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] flying one of the first two operational sorties of the war.<ref name=air/> In 1915 Joubert de la Ferté was appointed Officer Commanding, [[No. 15 Squadron RAF|No. 15 Squadron RFC]].<ref name=air/> Later that year he took up command of [[No. 1 Squadron RAF|No. 1 Squadron]].<ref name=air/> As the war progressed, Joubert de la Ferté commanded [[No. 33 Squadron RFC|No. 33 Squadron]] and then several different [[Wing (air force unit)|wings]].<ref name=air/> On 1 April 1918 Joubert de la Ferté transferred to the Royal Air Force in the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] and by the end of hostilities in 1918 he had command of the Royal Air Force in Italy.<ref name=air/><br />
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During the inter-war years, Joubert de la Ferté occupied several staff and command posts, rising through the ranks. Notably, he was appointed Air Officer Commanding [[No. 23 Group RAF|No. 23 Group]] in 1929, Commandant of the [[RAF Staff College, Andover]], in 1930 and Air Officer Commanding [[No. 11 Group RAF|No. 11 Group]] in July 1936 before becoming Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[RAF Coastal Command|Coastal Command]] in September 1936.<ref name=air/><br />
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At the start of the [[Second World War]], Joubert de la Ferté was [[Air Officer Commanding]] Air Forces in India.<ref name=air/> On his return to [[Great Britain]] he occupied a number of senior staff appointments and returned to his former post as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command.<ref name=air/> It was there that he pioneered several innovations. These included Planned Flying and Maintenance and the introduction of a torpedo version of the [[Bristol Beaufighter|Beaufighter]].<ref name=air/> In February 1943 he became an [[Inspector-General of the RAF]].<ref name=air/><br />
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On 23 November 1943, Joubert de la Ferté was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff (Information and Civil Affairs) at the [[South East Asia Command]].<ref name=air/> Two years later on 14 November 1945, Joubert de la Ferté retired from the RAF.<ref name=air/><br />
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In 1915 he married Marjorie Denison: they had two daughters.<ref name=odnb/><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
The following books by Joubert de la Ferté were published:<br />
*''The Fated Sky: An Autobiography'' – Hutchinson (1952)<br />
*''The Third Service'' – Thames and Hudson (1955)<br />
*''Rocket'' – Hutchinson (1957)<br />
*''Look at Aircraft'' – H Hamilton (1960)<br />
*''Birds and Fishes - The Story of Coastal Command'' – Hutchinson (1960)<br />
*''The Forgotten Ones: The Story of the Ground Crews'' – Hutchinson (1961)<br />
*''Fun and Games'' – Hutchinson (1964)<br />
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==References==<br />
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