Later Royal Air Force Appointments
On 20 March 1951 Jordan handed over the Commandant ROC position to Air Commodore G H Vasse. Jordan was promoted to Air Vice Marshal and appointed as AOC No. 25 Group RAF. In 1953 he became Director General of RAF Organisation, an appointment he held until January 1956. That month he was promoted to Air Marshal and took up his final posting as AOC in C of RAF Maintenance Command. A Companion of the Order of the Bath since 1947 he was further honoured by being Knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours of May 1956. In June 1958 his personal De Havilland Devon crashed near Largs in Scotland while apparently en route to his headquarters at RAF Andover to collect passengers: he was not on board at the time.
Jordan retired from the RAF on 2 June 1958. He died on 24 April 1994 at the age of 92.
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