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RAF Officer and First Chief of Pakistan's Air Force From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air Vice Marshal Allan Lancelot Addison Perry-Keene, CB, OBE (10 November 1898 – 16 March 1987) was a senior English officer in the Royal Air Force who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1947 to 1949.
Allan Perry-Keene | |
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Born | Gateshead, England | 10 November 1898
Died | 16 March 1987 88) Andover, England | (aged
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army (1917–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1949) |
Years of service | 1917–1949 |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands | Royal Pakistan Air Force (1947–1949) No. 2 (Indian) Group (1946) No. 4 (Indian) Group (1946) No. 227 Group (1946) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches |
Perry-Keene was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.
In his later years, Perry-Keene wrote an autobiography titled Reflected Glory – An Autobiography. It was privately published in 1978.[1]
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