Air Vice Marshal
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Clayton Descou Clement Boyce (19 September 1907 – 20 December 1987) was a senior
Royal Air Force
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(RAF) officer.
Biography
Boyce was born on 19 September 1907 to Marjorie St. Clair and Clement Boyce, and was educated at
Bedford School
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and at the
Royal Air Force College Cranwell
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. He was appointed as Secretary General of Allied Air Forces in
Central Europe
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from 1953 to 1954, as
Air Officer Commanding Cyprus
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and the
Levant
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from 1954 to 1956, and as Assistant Controller of Aircraft,
Ministry of Supply
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, from 1957 to 1959.
Boyce was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath
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in the
1946 New Year Honours
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. He retired from the RAF on 12 September 1959.
He died on 20 December 1987.
References
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1907 births
1987 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Graduates of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell
People educated at Bedford School
Royal Air Force air marshals
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II