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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 was Commander-in-Chief Royal Pakistan Air Force between 1952 and 1955.

Military career

Cannon enlisted in the RAF in the second entry of aircraft apprentices in 1922, was commissioned as a pilot.

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

He served as OC 5 Sqn and 60 Sqn on the NWF 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 1952 to 1955.

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Military offices
Preceded by P E Maitland	Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group (RAF) 18 March 1946 – 3 June 1946	Succeeded by A L 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) enlisted in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in the second entry of [[aircraft apprentice]]s in 1922, was commissioned as a pilot.
+[[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.
+==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.
 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 1956.
+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.
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