Air Vice Marshal Marten van der Veen (born 22 January 1946) is a former

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officer who served as commandant of the

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RAF career

Educated at

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a public school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was founded in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London an ...

and Magdalen College, Oxford, Van der Veen joined the

in 1963. He became Officer Commanding the Engineering Wing at

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in 1980, Engineering Inspector of Flight Safety at the Ministry of Defence in 1982 and Director of Defence Studies (RAF) in 1985.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; He went on to be Station Commander at

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in 1989, Director of Support Policy (RAF) in 1991 and Station Commander at

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in 1994. After, he became Commandant of the

in 1996 and Director-General of Support Management in 1997 before retiring in 1999. In retirement, Van der Veen became

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of Balliol College, Oxford.

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