Our mutual former O.C. was the last Chief of the Air Staff to have a DFC from WWII. He might have been the last Chief of the Air Staff to have seen service in WWII.
Yes, the late MRAF Sir Michael Beetham, who won the AFC to go with his wartime DFC when he was commanding 214.
Looking at my 1972 214 Squadron photograph I see that there were still three of our number sporting WW2 ribbons, all of them AEOs who were commissioned siggies. Other than that, apart from a sprinkling of GSMs and LS&GCs most chests are devoid of ribbons.
MPN11 - please check your PMs ref your retired Regiment chum.