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Leslie William Cannon
Leslie William Cannon
Nickname(s)	"Bull"
Born	9 April 1904
Died	27 January 1986 (aged 81); Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire
Buried	Penn, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1920–58
Rank	Air Vice-Marshal
Commands	Commander-in-Chief Royal Pakistan Air Force (1951–55); RAF Staff College, Andover (1948–49); No. 85 Group (1946–47); No. 2 Group (1946); No. 138 Wing (1943); RAF Watton (1942–43); No. 5 Squadron (1937–38)
Battles / wars	North-West Frontier; Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Mentioned in dispatches (4); Silver Star (United States)
Spouse(s)	Beryl Heyworth

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Air Vice-Marshal Leslie William Cannon, CB, CBE (9 April 1904 – 27 January 1986) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1951 to 1955.

Military career

Cannon enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the second entry of aircraft apprentices in 1920, and was commissioned as a pilot in 1925.

From 1948 until late 1949, Cannon was Assistant Commandant and then Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Andover.

He served as a Flight Commander in No. 60 Squadron RAF and then Officer Commanding No. 5 Squadron RAF on the North-West Frontier of India in the 1930s. Eventually attaining the rank of air vice-marshal (the first apprentice to achieve air rank), he served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 7 May 1951 to 19 June 1955.

References

Military offices
Preceded by Percy Maitland	Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group 1946–1946	Succeeded by Anthony Paxton
Preceded by Richard Atcherley	Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force 1951–1955	Succeeded by Arthur McDonald

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-[[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Leslie William Cannon''', [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (9 April 1904 – 27 January 1986) was a senior [[Royal Air Force]] [[commissioned officer|officer]]. He was [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Commander-in-Chief]] [[Royal Pakistan Air Force]] between 1952 and 1955.
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+|battles= [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North-West Frontier]]<br/>[[Second World War]]
+|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Mentioned in dispatches]] (4)<br/>[[Silver Star]] (United States)
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+[[Air Vice-Marshal]] '''Leslie William Cannon''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (9 April 1904 – 27 January 1986) was a senior [[Royal Air Force]] officer. He served as [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Royal Pakistan Air Force]] from 1951 to 1955.
 ==Military career==
-Cannon enlisted in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in the second entry of [[aircraft apprentice]]s in 1922, was commissioned as a pilot.
+Cannon enlisted in the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) in the second entry of [[aircraft apprentice]]s in 1920, and was commissioned as a pilot in 1925.
 From 1948 until late 1949, Cannon was Assistant Commandant and then Commandant of the [[RAF Staff College, Andover]].
-He served as [[Officer Commanding|OC]] [[No. 5 Squadron RAF|5 Sqn]] and [[No. 60 Squadron RAF|60 Sqn]] on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|NWF]] of India in the 1930s. Eventually attaining the rank of [[Air Vice-Marshal]] (the first apprentice to achieve [[Air Officer|air rank]]), he served as [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Commander in Chief]] of the Royal [[Pakistan Air Force]] from 1952 to 1955.
+He served as a Flight Commander in [[No. 60 Squadron RAF]] and then [[Officer Commanding]] [[No. 5 Squadron RAF]] on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North-West Frontier]] of India in the 1930s. Eventually attaining the rank of [[air vice-marshal]] (the first apprentice to achieve [[Air Officer|air rank]]), he served as [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Commander-in-Chief]] of the Royal [[Pakistan Air Force]] from 7 May 1951 to 19 June 1955.
 ==References==
-*[http://www.paffalcons.com/cas/index.php PAF s' Chief of Air Staffs]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225095224/http://paffalcons.com/cas/index.php PAF s' Chief of Air Staffs]
-*[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cannon.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon]
+*[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cannon.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon]
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