Leslie William Cannon
Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon CB, CBE (9 April 1904 - 27 January 1986) 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 1956.
References
- PAF s' Chief of Air Staffs
- Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon
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