What is Douglas Jackman?
{{Infobox military person |name= Sir Douglas Jackman |birth_date=26 October 1902 |death_date=15 June 1991 |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1926&ndash;1961 |rank= [[Air Marshal]] |branch= {{air force|United Kingdom}} |commands=[[No. 40 Group RAF|No. 40 Group]]<br>[[RAF Maintenance Command]] |unit= |battles=[[World War II]] |awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<br>[[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] |laterwork= }} [[Air Marshal]] '''Sir Harold Douglas Jackman''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB}} (26 October 1902 – 15 June 1991) was a senior [[Royal Air Force]] officer. He became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[RAF Maintenance Command]]. ==RAF career== Jackman joined the Royal Air Force in 1926. He initially served as a Stores Officer.<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Jackman_HD.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir Douglas Jackman]</ref> He served in [[World War II]] as an Administrative Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East. Then as Air Officer Administration at Headquarters [[Mediterranean Air Command]]. Next he became assistant Air Officer Administration at Headquarters [[Mediterranean Allied Air Forces]] and then Air Officer Administration at Headquarters [[Balkan Air Force]].<ref name=air/> After the War he was appointed Director of Movements and then Director of Organisation (Forecasting and Planning) at the [[Air Ministry]].<ref name=air/> He went on to be Air Officer Commanding [[No. 40 Group RAF|No. 40 Group]] in 1952. He became Director-General of Equipment at the Air Ministry in 1955. Then in 1958 he was appointed Air Officer Commanding [[RAF Maintenance Command]]. It was here he laid the foundation stone for a new Headquarters at [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]]<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202476.html Smoke of Battle] Flight Intern