Air Marshal Sir (Alfred) Clifford Sanderson, (19 February 1898 – 28 January 1976) was a British

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officer who served as Air Officer Commanding Far East Air Force from 1952 to 1954.

RAF career

Educated at

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, Sanderson joined the

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in 1916 during the

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in 1918 and was made Officer Commanding No. 19 Squadron in 1931. He was appointed Station Commander at RAF Ramlah in 1938 and served in the

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as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Palestine and Transjordan and then at RAF Mediterranean before becoming Air Officer Administration at Air Headquarters Egypt. He continued his war service as Director of War Organisation and then as Director of Administrative Plans at the

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. He was seriously injured in an air crash in February 1945.Sir Clifford Sanderson retires
Flight International, 4 March 1955 In 1946 Sanderson was appointed Air Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Burma and then Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Air Command Far East. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding

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in 1948 and Director-General of Personnel at the Air Ministry in 1949. He became Air Officer Commanding Far East Air Force in 1952 before retiring in 1955.

References

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