Leslie William Cannon
Leslie William Cannon
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Nickname(s) | "Bull" |
Born | 9 April 1904 |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire |
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Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ |
Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1920–1958 |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands held | Commander-in-Chief Royal Pakistan Air Force (1951–55) RAF Staff College, Andover (1948–49) No. 85 Group (1946–47) No. 2 Group (1946) No. 138 Wing (1943) RAF Watton (1942–43) No. 5 Squadron (1937–38) |
Battles/wars | North-West Frontier Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches (4) Silver Star (United States) |
Spouse(s) | Beryl Heyworth |
Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon CB, CBE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (9 April 1904 – 27 January 1986) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1952 to 1955.
Military career
Cannon enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the second entry of aircraft apprentices in 1920, and was commissioned as a pilot in 1925.
From 1948 until late 1949, Cannon was Assistant Commandant and then Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Andover.
He served as a Flight Commander in No. 60 Squadron RAF and then Officer Commanding No. 5 Squadron RAF on the North-West Frontier of India in the 1930s. Eventually attaining the rank of air vice marshal (the first apprentice to achieve air rank), he served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1952 to 1955.
References
- PAF s' Chief of Air Staffs
- Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon
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Preceded by
P E Maitland
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Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group 1946–1946 |
Succeeded by A L Paxton |
Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force 1951–1955 |
Succeeded by Arthur McDonald |
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