William Dickson
Royal Air Force air marshals
Died when: 88 years 353 days (1067 months)Star Sign: Libra
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Forster Dickson, GCB, KBE, DSO, AFC (24 September 1898 – 12 September 1987), was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator during the First World War, a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years and a Royal Air Force commander during and after the Second World War.
Dickson was Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1950s, in which role his main preoccupation was the establishment of the V Force and the necessary supporting weapons, airfields and personnel.
He also served as the first Chief of the Defence Staff in the late 1950s.
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