| Sir John Baker-Carr | |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Hythe, Kent |
| Death Place: | Winchester, Hampshire |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Air Force |
| Serviceyears: | 1929–64 |
| Rank: | Air marshal |
| Commands: | Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1963) No. 41 Group (1959–62) RAF St Athan (1953–56) |
| Battles: | Second World War |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Air Marshal Sir John Darcy Baker-Carr, (13 January 1906 – 9 July 1998) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the early 1960s.
He was the second son of Brigadier General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltren Baker-Carr (1878–1949) and his first wife Sarah de Witt (1880–1969), daughter of William Russell Quinan who was in the explosives business with Kenneth Bingham Quinan (his nephew).[1] [2]
Baker-Carr joined the Royal Air Force in 1929.[3] [4] He served in the Second World War in the Technical Branch.[3] After the war he was appointed Deputy Director of Personnel at the Air Ministry and then Station Commander at RAF St Athan from 1953.[3] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 41 Group in 1959 and then acting Air Member for Supply and Organisation in early 1963 before retiring in 1964.[3]
On 30 June 1934 at Hambledon, Hampshire, he married Margery Alexandra (1907–2003), daughter of Major-General Alistair Grant Dallas CB CMG. They had no children.