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Benjamin Ball (RAF officer)

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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Name
  
Benjamin Ball

Rank
  
Air Vice Marshal

Years of service
  
1934–1969

Service/branch
  

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Born
  
6 September 1912 (
1912-09-06
)

Died
  
24 January 1977(1977-01-24) (aged 64)

Commands held
  
Signals Command (1966–69)RAF Debden (1951–53)

Air Vice Marshal Sir Benjamin Ball, (6 September 1912 – 24 January 1977) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Signals Command from 1966 until its disbandment in 1969.

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RAF career

Ball joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1934. He served in the Second World War as a signals officer at RAF Bircham Newton and then at Headquarters RAF Reserve Command, as Chief Signals Officer in the Training Commands of the Royal Canadian Air Force and as Group Captain, Operations with No. 26 Group. After the War he became Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters Bomber Command and then became Director of Signals in the British Joint Services Mission to Washington D. C. He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Debden in 1951, Deputy Director of Operational Requirements at the Air Ministry in 1953 and Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters Bomber Command in 1957. His last appointments were as Deputy Chief Signals Officer at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1960, as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Technical Training Command in 1963 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command in 1966 before retiring in 1969.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours List in 1969.

References

Benjamin Ball (RAF officer) Wikipedia


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