Leslie William Cannon

Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon CB, CBE
3rd Chief of Air Staff
In office May 7, 1951 – June 19, 1955
Prime Minister	Khawaja Nazimuddin Mohammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by	Richard Atcherley
Succeeded by	Arthur McDonald
Personal details
Born	(1904-04-09)9 April 1904
Died	27 January 1986(1986-01-27) (aged 81)
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches (4) Silver Star (United States)
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom Pakistan
Branch/service	Royal Air Force Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1920–1958
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands	RAF Staff College, Andover No. 85 Group No. 2 Group No. 138 Wing RAF Watton No. 5 Squadron
Battles/wars	North-West Frontier Second World War

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 between 1952 and 1955.

Military career

Cannon enlisted in the Royal Air Force (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 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 1952 to 1955.

References

• PAF s' Chief of Air Staffs
• Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon