Air Vice-Marshal D'Arcy Power (2 June 1889 – 26 December 1958) was a British surgeon and Royal Air Force officer. He was the son of Sir D'Arcy Power, also a surgeon."POWER, Air Vice-Marshal D'Arcy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edition, Nov 2012 accessed 23 Oct 2013A.V.-M. D'arcy Power (Obituaries) The Times Wednesday, 31 Dec 1958; p. 10; issue 54346; col E
Army service Power followed his father into part-time service in the RAMC in 1911, and during the First World War became a captain and won the Military Cross.
Royal Air Force service He transferred to the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force on the formation of the new service on 1 April 1918—taking a permanent commission as a flight lieutenant in 1920—and ultimately reaching the rank of acting air vice marshal by 1945 when he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Personal life Power was a Freemason, and served as Master of the Lodge of Assistance No 2773 (London) from 1949 to 1950.Lodge of Assistance List of Masters.
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