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[[Air Marshal]] '''Sir Lawrence Fleming Pendred''' [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (5 May 1899 - 1986) was a [[Royal Air Force]] officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of [[RAF Flying Training Command|Flying Training Command]].
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[[Air Marshal]] '''Sir Lawrence Fleming Pendred''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DFC|DL}} (5 May 1899 – 19 September 1986) was a [[Royal Air Force]] officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of [[RAF Flying Training Command|Flying Training Command]] from 1952 until his retirement in 1955.


==RAF career==
==RAF career==
Educated at [[Epsom College]], Pendred joined the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] in 1917 towards the end of [[World War I]] and served as a pilot with [[No. 2 Squadron RNAS|No. 2 Squadron]].<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Pendred.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pendred]</ref> He specialised in intelligence and in 1930 he joined the Intelligence Staff at Headquarters RAF Transjordan and Palestine.<ref name=air/> He served in [[World War II]] on the air staff in the Deputy Directorate of Operations (Home) and then in the Directorate of Plans.<ref name=air/> He continued his war service as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Bomber Command]] from 1941, as Director of Intelligence at the [[Air Ministry]] from 1942 and as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters [[Allied Expeditionary Air Force]] from 1944.<ref name=air/> He spent the closing years of the War as Assistant Commandant at the [[RAF Staff College, Andover]] and then as Air Officer Commanding [[No. 227 Group RAF|No. 227 Group]].<ref name=air/>
Educated at [[Epsom College]], Pendred joined the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] in 1917 towards the end of the [[First World War]] and served as a pilot with [[No. 202 Squadron RAF|No. 2 Squadron]].<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Pendred.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pendred]</ref> He specialised in intelligence and in 1930 he joined the Intelligence Staff at Headquarters RAF Transjordan and Palestine.<ref name=air/> He served in the [[Second World War]] on the air staff in the Deputy Directorate of Operations (Home) and then in the Directorate of Plans.<ref name=air/> He continued his war service as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Bomber Command]] from 1941, as Director of Intelligence at the [[Air Ministry]] from 1942 and as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters [[Allied Expeditionary Air Force]] from 1944.<ref name=air/> He spent the closing years of the war as Assistant Commandant at the RAF Staff College, Bulstrode Park and then as Air Officer Commanding [[No. 227 Group RAF|No. 227 Group]].<ref name=air/>


After the War he was appointed Director of Intelligence to Supreme Commander, South East Asia and then, from 1947, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence).<ref name=air/> He went on to be Commandant at the School of Land/Air Warfare in 1950 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of [[RAF Flying Training Command|Flying Training Command]] in 1952 before retiring in 1955.<ref name=air/> Under Pendred the standard training sequence for new pilots was the [[BAC Jet Provost|Provost]] and then the [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire]] aircraft types.<ref>[http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/articles/raf-pilot-training-1954.html RAF Pilot Training 1954] The Aeroplane, 10 September 1954</ref>
After the war Pendred was appointed Director of Intelligence to Supreme Commander, South East Asia and then, from 1947, [[RAF Intelligence|Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence)]].<ref name=air/> He went on to be commandant at the [[School of Land/Air Warfare]] in 1950 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of [[RAF Flying Training Command|Flying Training Command]] in 1952, before retiring in 1955.<ref name=air/> Under Pendred the standard training sequence for new pilots was the [[BAC Jet Provost|Provost]] and then the [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire]] aircraft types.<ref>[http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/articles/raf-pilot-training-1954.html RAF Pilot Training 1954] The Aeroplane, 10 September 1954</ref>

In retirement Pendred was President of the Old Epsomian Club.<ref>{{cite journal| pmc=2062014 | pages=1271–1272 | volume=1 | issue=4924 | journal=Br Med J | title=The Queen at Epsom College | year=1955 | doi=10.1136/bmj.1.4924.1271}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 19:24, 31 August 2023

Sir Lawrence Pendred
Born(1899-05-05)5 May 1899
Died19 October 1986(1986-10-19) (aged 87)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy (1917–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–55)
Years of service1917–1955
RankAir Marshal
CommandsFlying Training Command (1952–55)
School of Land/Air Warfare (1950–52)
No. 227 Group (1945)
RAF Swinderby (1940–41)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (3)
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Fleming Pendred, KBE, CB, DFC, DL (5 May 1899 – 19 September 1986) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command from 1952 until his retirement in 1955.

RAF career

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Educated at Epsom College, Pendred joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 towards the end of the First World War and served as a pilot with No. 2 Squadron.[1] He specialised in intelligence and in 1930 he joined the Intelligence Staff at Headquarters RAF Transjordan and Palestine.[1] He served in the Second World War on the air staff in the Deputy Directorate of Operations (Home) and then in the Directorate of Plans.[1] He continued his war service as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command from 1941, as Director of Intelligence at the Air Ministry from 1942 and as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force from 1944.[1] He spent the closing years of the war as Assistant Commandant at the RAF Staff College, Bulstrode Park and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 227 Group.[1]

After the war Pendred was appointed Director of Intelligence to Supreme Commander, South East Asia and then, from 1947, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence).[1] He went on to be commandant at the School of Land/Air Warfare in 1950 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command in 1952, before retiring in 1955.[1] Under Pendred the standard training sequence for new pilots was the Provost and then the Vampire aircraft types.[2]

In retirement Pendred was President of the Old Epsomian Club.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pendred
  2. ^ RAF Pilot Training 1954 The Aeroplane, 10 September 1954
  3. ^ "The Queen at Epsom College". Br Med J. 1 (4924): 1271–1272. 1955. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4924.1271. PMC 2062014.
Military offices
Preceded by Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence)
1947–1950 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command
1952–1955 		Succeeded by
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