Patrick Playfair
Sir Patrick Playfair | |
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 Patrick Playfair in the Royal Flying Corps during the First world War | |
| Nickname(s) | Pip |
| Born | 22 November 1889 |
| Died | 23 November 1974 (aged 85) Newmarket, Suffolk, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army (1910–18) Royal Air Force (1918–42) |
| Years of service | 1910–42 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held | Air Forces in India (1940–42) Advanced Air Striking Force (1939–40) No. 1 Group RAF (1938–39) No. 3 Group RAF (1936–38) Western Area (1933–36) No. 23 Group RAF (1932–33) RAF Transjordan and Palestine (1928–29) RAF Leuchars (1922–25) No. 1 Flying Training School RAF (1919–22) Central Flying School (1919) No. 13 Wing RFC (1916–18) No. 8 Squadron RFC (1916) |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2) Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class with Swords (Russia) Distinguished Service Medal (United States) Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) |
Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, KBE, CB, CVO, MC (22 November 1889 – 23 November 1974) was a commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force until his retirement during the Second World War.
In 1945 he published Warfare Today: How Modern Battles Are Planned and Fought on Land, at Sea, and in the Air,[1] co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon.
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Further reading[]
- Playfair, Patrick and Jarvis, John (1979). "Pip" Playfair, a founding father of the RAF. Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. ISBN 0-7223-1323-3.
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