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'{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox Military Person |name= Leslie William Cannon |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |birth_date= {{birth date|1904|04|09|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1986|01|27|1904|04|09|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_place= Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Halton, Bucks, UK. |placeofburial= Penn, Buckinghamshire. |nickname= 'Bull'. |main sport, boxing; boxed for RAF Halton Apprentices, and for RAF Cranwell Cadets. |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{air force|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1920–1958 |rank= [[Air Vice Marshal]] |unit= <ref></ref>|commands= [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Commander-in-Chief Royal Pakistan Air Force]]<br/>[[RAF Staff College, Andover]]<br/>[[No. 85 Group RAF|No.&nbsp;85 Group]]<br/>[[No. 2 Group RAF|No.&nbsp;2 Group]]<br/>[[No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (United Kingdom)|No.&nbsp;138 Wing]]<br/>[[RAF Watton]]<br/>[[No. 5 Squadron RAF|No.&nbsp;5 Squadron]] |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 Despatches]] (4)<br/>[[Silver Star]] (United States) |relations= Family; married Beryl Heyworth of Yorkshire; he pre-deceased her. No children of marriage. |laterwork= }} [[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 served as [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|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 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 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 1952 to 1955. ==References== *[http://www.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] {{reflist}} {{S-start}} {{s-mil}} |- {{s-bef|before=P E Maitland}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Air Officer Commanding]] [[No. 2 Group RAF|No. 2 Group]]|years=1946–1946}} {{s-aft|after=A L Paxton}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Richard Atcherley]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force]]|years=1951–1955}} {{s-aft|after=[[Arthur McDonald]]}} {{S-end}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Cannon, Leslie William | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Royal Air Force, Air Vice Marshal | DATE OF BIRTH = 9 April 1904 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = 27 January 1986 | PLACE OF DEATH = Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Halton, Bucks, UK. }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cannon, Leslie William}} [[Category:1904 births]] [[Category:1958 deaths]] [[Category:Chiefs of Air Staff, Pakistan]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]] [[Category:Pakistan Air Force air marshals]] [[Category:Recipients of the Silver Star]] [[Category:Royal Air Force air marshals]] [[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Trenchard Brats]] {{RAF-bio-stub}} {{Pakistan-mil-bio-stub}}'