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Leslie Brown (RAF officer)

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Years of service
  
1914 to 1949

Service/branch
  
Name
  
Leslie Brown

Rank
  
Air vice-marshal

Role
  
RAF officer

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Died
  
June 28, 1978


Leslie Brown (RAF officer)

Born
  
11 July 1893Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (
1893-07-11
)

Commands held
  
No. 20 SqnNo 50 (Army Co-operation) Wing84 Group

Awards
  
KCB - 1 Jan 1948CB - 1 Jan 1945CBE - 24 Sep 1941DSC - 15 Jun 1917AFC - 3 Jun 1919MiD - 26 Jun 1931, 6 May 1932, 11 Jun 1942King Haakon VII Liberty Cross - 12 Apr 1949

Sir Leslie Oswald Brown KCB CBE DSC AFC was a South African who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in both World Wars, attaining the rank of Air Vice Marshal.

Leslie Brown (RAF officer) Leslie Brown RAF officer Wikipedia

Brown served in East Africa, the Middle East and the United Kingdom. His first years were with the Royal Naval Air Service, before that was absorbed into the newly formed RAF.

He commanded 84 Group as a temporary Air Vice Marshal during the allied advance across north west Europe, assigned to support the 1st Canadian Army's operations. His staff established extremely close operational contacts with their army opposite numbers, but this was not to the liking of his superior, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham and he was replaced in November, 1944.

He was appointed Commandant of the School of Land/Air Warfare later in 1944 and reverted to his substantive rank of Air Commodore.

Brown was promoted to Air Vice Marshal in October 1946, retired from the RAF on 23 January 1949 and died on 28 June 1978.

References

Leslie Brown (RAF officer) Wikipedia


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