The Inspector-General of the RAF was a senior appointment in the Royal Air Force, responsible for the inspection of airfields. The post existed from 1918...
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Norman Bottomley (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
became Inspector-General of the RAF in 1947 and retired on 1 January 1948. From 1948 until 1956, he held the post of director of administration at the BBC...
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Rapid Action Force (redirect from RAF (India))
Pradesh and Bihar. RAF is commanded by an Inspector-General of Police (IGP), functioning at New Delhi. The RAF is divided into three ranges headed by a...
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Robert Brooke-Popham (category British Army generals of World War I)
Aide-de-Camp to the King. In 1935 he left the Air Defence of Great Britain to become the Inspector-General of the RAF. This was, however, a short-lived appointment...
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Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in 1947, and then Commander in Chief of the Western Union's air forces in 1948. In 1951 he became Inspector General of the RAF. James...
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to the Soviet Union. Burnett continued in his role as Inspector-General of the RAF until 1940 when he was appointed Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal...
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Leslie Gossage (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
AVM Gossage received the CB. During the Second World War, Gossage served briefly as the Inspector-General of the RAF, then the Air Member for Personnel...
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before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1948. He was made Air Member for Supply and Organisation in September 1948 and Head of the RAF Staff in Washington...
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for Personnel in 1957 and Inspector-General of the RAF in 1959 before retiring in 1962. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal...
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Reginald Emson (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
(Operational Requirements) and then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1966 before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1967, and retiring in 1969. "R H E Emson"...
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Gus Walker (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
at the Air Ministry in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Flying Training Command in 1961. He held the post of Inspector-General of the RAF from...
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Arthur Barratt (redirect from Arthur Barrett (RAF officer))
was as Inspector-General of the RAF in 1945, in which capacity he took part in the Victory Parade in June 1946 before retiring in 1947. Air of Authority...
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highest rank to which RAF officers may be promoted to in a professional capacity. Throughout the history of the RAF there have been 141 RAF officers promoted...
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Edward Ellington (category British Army generals of World War I)
create RAF Fighter Command, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Coastal Command and RAF Training Command. He then served as Inspector-General of the RAF until his...
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Arthur Longmore (category Australian Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
relieved of his command in May 1941. His last role before his formal retirement in 1942 was as Inspector-General of the RAF. The Oxford Dictionary of National...
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He went on to be Air Member for Personnel in October 1947, Inspector-General of the RAF in October 1949 and Commander-in-Chief at Headquarters Air Forces...
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Paterson Fraser (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
be Director of RAF Exercise Planning in 1959, UK Permanent Military Representative at CENTO later in 1959 and Inspector-General of the RAF in 1962 before...
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Officer Commanding-in-Chief British Air Forces of Occupation before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1951. Williams' air force career was cut short...
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Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt (category Royal Air Force generals of World War I)
Training Units, at the expense of the availability of front line airmen. He spent the remainder of the war as Inspector-General of the RAF and did not retire...
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Philip Joubert de la Ferté (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
Maintenance and the introduction of a torpedo version of the Beaufighter. In February 1943 he became an Inspector-General of the RAF. On 23 November 1943...
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Stephen Strafford (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
RAF Bomber Command before becoming Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment in 1950 and Inspector-General of the RAF in 1952. Strafford was one of the representatives...
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Gilbert Nicholetts (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
His last appointment was as Inspector-General of the RAF in 1958 before retiring in 1959. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal...
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Headquarters Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1953, Inspector-General of the RAF in 1956 and Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1958 before...
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War I officer George Pirie, former Inspector-General of the RAF. Harold Pyman, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff Freddie Scott, British Army officer...
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Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (redirect from Father of the Royal Air Force)
of the R.A.F. overseas. Weir then offered him command of all air force units in the Middle East, or the post of Inspector-General of the RAF at home...
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officer in the Welfare Section of the RAF Inspector General's Staff. He died in the Dunbeath air crash on 25 August 1942, in which fourteen of the fifteen...
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inspector general. Each sector consists of one or more administrative and/or Operational Ranges, headed by an officer of the rank of deputy inspector...
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RAF Middle East from March 1939, and then Inspector-General of the RAF before retiring in 1941. In retirement Mitchell served as Gentleman Usher of the...
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Charles Guest (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in 1948, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command in 1952 and Inspector-General of the RAF in 1954...
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Godfrey Paine (category Royal Air Force generals of World War I)
the introduction of RAF-specific ranks in 1919, Paine was regraded to air vice marshal. His last military appointment was as Inspector-General of the...
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