Alec Atkinson

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{{Infobox military person

| honorific_suffix = KCB, DFC

| name = Sir Alec Atkinson

| birth_name = John Alexander Atkinson

| image = John Alexander Atkinson.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|06|9|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|08|8|1919|06|9|df=y}}

| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| branch = {{Air force|United Kingdom}}

}}

Sir John Alexander Atkinson KCB, DFC (9 June 1919 – 8 August 2015) was a Royal Air Force officer of the Second World War who later had a distinguished career in the British civil service.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11805997/Sir-Alec-Atkinson-airman-obituary.html Sir Alec Atkinson, airman - obituary.] The Telegraph, 16 Aug 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.