David Carnegie (RAF officer)
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Air Vice Marshal David Vaughan Carnegie, CB, CBE, AFC (7 February 1897 – 3 August 1964) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War and the post-war decade.
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David Vaughan Carnegie | |
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Born | (1897-02-07)7 February 1897 Leicester, East Midlands |
Died | 3 August 1964(1964-08-03) (aged 67) Sibson, Cambridgeshire |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Naval Air Service (1917–18) Royal Air Force (1918–54) |
Years of service | 1917–54 |
Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
Commands held | Chief of the New Zealand Air Staff (1951–54) No. 18 Group (1948–50) RAF Wittering (1938–39) RAF Calshot (1930–32) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Air Force Cross Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
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