Air Vice Marshal Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes u ...

Allan Lancelot Addison Perry-Keene, (10 November 1898 – 16 March 1987) was a senior

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the

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from 1947 to 1949.

Military career

Perry-Keene was a pilot in the

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during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Later life

In his later years, Perry-Keene wrote an autobiography titled ''Reflected Glory – An Autobiography''. It was privately published in 1978.

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