Robert Foster (RAF officer)
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1898–1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Mordaunt Foster, KCB, CBE, DFC, DL (3 September 1898 – 23 October 1973) was a Royal Flying Corps pilot in the First World War, and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years.
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Sir Robert Mordaunt Foster | |
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Born | (1898-09-03)3 September 1898 Richmond, Surrey, England |
Died | 23 October 1973(1973-10-23) (aged 75) Suffolk, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–54) |
Years of service | 1914–54 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands held | Second Tactical Air Force (1951–53) Home Command (1949–51) No. 3 Group (1946–47) RAF Italy (1946) RAF Austria (1945–46) Desert Air Force (1944–45) RAF Malta (1944) No. 213 Group (1942–43) No. 214 Group (1942) RAF Wyton (1940–41) No. 110 Squadron (1939–40) No. 15 Squadron (1933–35) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath[1] Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches (5) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)[2] |
Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk |
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