High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Air Vice Marshal Brian Alexander Eaton CB, CBE, DSO Bar, DFC (15 December 1916 – 17 October 1992) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Born in Tasmania and raised in Victoria, he joined the RAAF in 1936 and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on the outbreak of World War II. He held training positions before being posted to No. 3 Squadron at the beginning of 1943, flying P-40 Kittyhawk fighter-bombers in North Africa. Despite being shot down three times within ten days soon after arriving, Eaton quickly rose to become the unit`s Commanding Officer, and by year`s end had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. To this he added the Distinguished Service Order and Bar in 1944–45, gaining promotion to Group Captain and command of No. 239 Wing RAF in Italy. His war service also earned him the US Silver Star in 1946.