Douglas Evill
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Claude Strathern Evill, GBE, KCB, DSC, AFC, DL (8 October 1892 – 22 March 1971) was an Australian-born British Royal Naval Air Service pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Serving in the Royal Air Force between the wars, he was a senior air commander during the Second World War.
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Sir Douglas Claude Strathern Evill | |
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Born | (1892-10-08)8 October 1892 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 22 March 1971(1971-03-22) (aged 78) Winchester, Hampshire, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy (1910–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1947) |
Years of service | 1910–1947 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands held | Vice-Chief of the Air Staff (1943–1946) No. 70 Squadron RAF (1923–1925) No. 202 Squadron RNAS (1916–1917) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Cross Air Force Cross Mentioned in Dispatches (3) Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Military Order of the White Lion, First Class (Czechoslovakia)[1] |
Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire |
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