EDWARD LEONARD ELLINGTON

Marshal of the Royal Air Force 'Sir Edward Leonard Ellington' GCB, CMG, CBE RAF (30 December 1877 - 13 June 1967) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.
After attending the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, Ellington was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery on 1 September 1897. He learned to fly in 1912 and was awarded Royal Aero Club certificate No 305 on 1 October 1912.
He transferred to the Royal Air Force on its creation in the rank of Major-General. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Middle East from 1922 to 1923, Air Officer Commanding RAF India from 1923 to 1926 and Air Officer Commanding RAF Iraq from 1926 to 1928.
He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1933-37 and Inspector General of the Royal Air Force from 1937 to 1940.

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★ Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - MRAF Ellington

★ Probert, H. (1991). ''High Commanders of the Royal Air Force''. HMSO. ISBN 0-11-772635-4
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