Air Marshal Sir Donald Percy Hall, (11 November 1930 – 12 January 1999) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Systems) from 1983 to 1986.

Flying career

Educated at

Hull Grammar School Hull Grammar School was a secondary school in Hull, England, founded around 1330 and endowed in 1479 by the prelate John Alcock. In 1988, as part of a restructure by the Local Education Authority, the site was renamed William Gee School. Meanw ...

and the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Hall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1952.Air Marshal Sir Donald Hall
Herald Scotland, 19 January 1999 He became Officer Commanding No. 111 Squadron in 1966.Air Marshal Sir Donald Hall
Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation He went on to be Junior Members Co-ordinator at the Imperial Defence College in 1968, Officer Commanding the Empire Test Pilots' School in 1971 and Station Commander of RAF Akrotiri in 1973. After that, he became Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 11 Group in 1975, Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group in March 1977 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) in September 1977. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group in 1980 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems) in 1983 before retiring in 1986. In retirement he became Deputy Chairman of GEC-Marconi.Debrett's People of Today 1994

Family

In 1953 he married Joyce Warburton; they had two daughters, Melanie and Jilly.

References

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