Paterson Fraser
Sir Paterson Fraser | |
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Companion of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross |
Second World War
and in the post-war years.
RAF career
Educated at
Second Tactical Air Force and then as Commandant of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment.[2]
After the war Fraser became deputy director of Policy (Air Staff) and then a member of the Defence Research Policy Staff.[2] He was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Fighter Command in 1952, Chief of Staff at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1954 and Air Officer Commanding No. 12 (Fighter) Group in 1956.[2] He went on to 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 retiring in 1964.[2]
In retirement Fraser was
Family
In 1933 Fraser married Avis Gertrude Haswell; they had two sons.[3]
References
- ^ Poland 2008, p. 117.
- ^ a b c d e f Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal The Reverend Sir Paterson Fraser
- ^ a b c d Obituary: Air Marshal the Reverend Sir Paterson Fraser Daily Telegraph, 15 August 2001
- ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.