Clifford Sanderson
Sir Clifford Sanderson | |
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| Born | 19 February 1898 Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
Air Officer Commanding Far East Air Force
from 1952 to 1954.
RAF career
Educated at
Second World War as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Palestine and Transjordan and then at RAF Mediterranean before becoming Air Officer Administration at Air Headquarters Egypt.[1] He continued his war service as Director of War Organisation and then as Director of Administrative Plans at the Air Ministry.[1] He was seriously injured in an air crash in February 1945.[2]
In 1946 Sanderson was appointed Air Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Burma and then Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Air Command Far East.Air Headquarters Malaya in 1948 and Director-General of Personnel at the Air Ministry in 1949.[1] He became Air Officer Commanding Far East Air Force in 1952 before retiring in 1955.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson
- ^ Sir Clifford Sanderson retires Flight International, 4 March 1955