William Theak

Air Vice-Marshal William Edward Theak, CB, CBE (1898 – 28 January 1955) was a First World War pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the post war decade.

William Theak
Born	1898 Clapton, London, England
Died	28 January 1955 Suffolk, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army (1917–18) Royal Air Force (1918–54)
Years of service	1917–1954
Rank	Air vice-marshal
Service number	765252
Commands	No. 90 (Signals) Group (1951–54) No. 60 (Signals) Group (1944–45) No. 7 Squadron (1938–39)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches (2)

In 1940, Theak was appointed as the chief signals officer at the headquarters of Bomber Command. In February 1944, he was promoted to air vice-marshal and given command of No. 60 (Signals) Group.

After the war Theak was made the director-general of signals at the Air Ministry. In 1949 he took up post as the air officer administration at the headquarters of the Middle East Air Force. In 1951 he returned to Great Britain to serve as Air Officer Commanding No. 90 (Signals) Group. He retired in March 1954 and died the following year.

External links

• Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice-Marshal W E Theak

Military offices
Preceded by Victor Hubert Tait	Director-General of Signals 1945–1949	Succeeded by Edward Addison
Preceded by Raymund Hart	Air Officer Commanding No. 90 (Signals) Group 1951–1954	Succeeded by John Weston