Francis Mellersh (RAF officer)

Infobox Military Person
name= Francis John Williamson Mellersh
lived= 22 September 1898 – 25 May 1955
placeofbirth=Esher, Surrey, England
placeofdeath=Itchenor, Sussex, England


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nickname=Tog
allegiance=United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1916–1954
rank= Air Vice-Marshal
branch= Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
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unit=
battles= World War I
World War II
awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Air Force Cross
laterwork=

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Francis John Williamson Mellersh KBE AFC RAF (22 September 1898 – 25 May 1955) was a World War I pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service and a senior Royal Air Force commander during World War II. He was killed in a bizarre helicopter accident in 1955.

In 1922 Mellersh had a son born to him. He named the boy Francis Richard Lee and he followed his father's example, joining the RAF and rising to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal himself. [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/MELLERSH.shtml]

References

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Mellersh_FJW.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice Marshal Sir Francis Mellersh]
* [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/mellersh.php The Aerodrome - Francis Mellersh]
* [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/MELLERSH1.shtml King's College London - Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives - MELLERSH, Sir Francis John Williamson]

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