{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox military person |name= Denis Fenn Rixson |birth_date=12 December 1918 |death_date= 10 December 1994 (aged 73) |birth_place=Wandsworth, London, England |death_place=Chichester, West Sussex, England |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |service_years =1937–1971 |rank= Air Commodore |branch={{air force|United Kingdom}} |commands= |unit= |battles= World War II |awards= Commander of the Royal Victorian Order<br/>Officer of the Order of the British Empire<br/>Distinguished Flying Cross<br/>Air Force Cross<br/>Mentioned in Despatches |other_work= }}
Air Commodore '''Denis Fenn Rixson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CVO|OBE|DFC|AFC}} (12 December 1918 – 10 December 1994) was a British pilot during World War II and a senior Royal Air Force officer in the post-war years and a Commandant Royal Observer Corps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp09.htm|title=Units directly responsible to Ministry level|work=rafweb.org|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>
During World War II, he was the Officer Commanding No. 113 Squadron.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Rixson.htm |publisher=Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation |title=Air Commodore D F Rixson|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Rixson.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Commodore D F Rixson]
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} |- {{s-bef|before=Jeaffreson Greswell}} {{s-ttl|title= Commandant Royal Observer Corps|years=1968–1971}} {{s-aft|after=Edward Sismore}} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rixson, Denis}} Category:Royal Air Force air commodores Category:British World War II pilots Category:People of the Royal Observer Corps Category:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Category:English aviators Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Wandsworth Category:1994 deaths Category:1918 births Category:People from Wandsworth
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