Patrick Playfair Military person

Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair KBE CB CVO MC RAF (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.

Personal facts

Patrick Playfair
Birth dateNovember 22, 1889
Date of deathNovember 23, 1974
Place of death
Newmarket Suffolk

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in dispatches
Military Cross
Order of the British Empire
military operations
World War II
World War I
military command
Central Flying School
No. 1 Group RAF
No. 8 Squadron RFC
No. 3 Group RAF
Advanced Air Striking Force
Air Forces in India

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External resources

  1. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Playfair.htm