Patrick Playfair
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1889-1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the RAF officer. For the virologist Patrick Playfair Laidlaw, see Patrick Laidlaw.
Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, KBE, CB, CVO, MC (22 November 1889 – 23 November 1974) was a commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force until his retirement during the Second World War.
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In 1945 Playfair published Warfare Today: How Modern Battles Are Planned and Fought on Land, at Sea, and in the Air,[1] co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon.