Air Marshal Sir Charles Ronald Steele, (9 November 1897 – 14 February 1973) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Coastal Command from 1950 to 1952.

RAF career

Educated at Oundle School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Steele was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1916.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Steele
/ref> He transferred into the Royal Flying Corps and became a flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.Charles Steele
The Aerodrome He transferred into the Royal Air Force after the First World War and was granted a permanent commission on 1 August 1919. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 18 Squadron in 1936 and served in the Second World War, initially on the Air Staff at Headquarters

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, and then at the Rhodesian Air Training Group before being appointed Senior Air Staff Officer and then temporary Air Officer Commanding at No. 9 Group. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 10 Group and then Air Officer Commanding No. 85 Group. He was made Senior Air Staff Officer at the Headquarters of the British Air Forces of Occupation in Germany in July 1945. He became Air Officer Commanding

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in 1947 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Coastal Command in 1950 before retiring in 1952.

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