Leslie William Cannon

Leslie William Cannon

Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon CB, CBE (9 April1904 - 4 November1958) enlisted in the RAF in the second entry of aircraft apprentices in 1922, was commissioned as a pilot.

From 1948 until late 1949, Cannon was Assistant Commandant and then Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Andover.

He served as OC 5 Sqn and OC 60 Sqn on the NWF of India in the 1930s. Eventually attaining the rank of Air Vice-Marshal (the first apprentice to achieve air rank), he served as Commander in Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1952 to 1956.

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References

* [http://www.paffalcons.com/cas/index.php PAF s' Chief of the Air Staffs]
* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cannon.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon]


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