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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Name
  
Reginald Emson

Rank
  
Air Marshal

Years of service
  
1930–1969

Service/branch
  
Royal Air Force


Born
  
11 January 1912 (
1912-01-11
)

Died
  
27 March 1995(1995-03-27) (aged 83)

Commands held
  
Inspector-General of the RAF (1967–69) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (1966–67)

Air Marshal Sir Reginald Herbert Embleton Emson (11 January 1912 – 27 March 1995) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the post-Second World War years.

RAF career

Emson joined the Royal Air Force in 1930. He became an Armament Officer in 1936 and served in the Second World War in the Technical Branch. After the war he became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) and then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1966 before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1967, and retiring in 1969.

References

Reginald Emson Wikipedia