Air Chief Marshal Sir Rex David Roe, (4 May 1925 – 3 November 2002) was a senior

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commander.

RAF career

Educated at the

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and the

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, Roe joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 during the

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.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He was appointed

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No. 204 Squadron in 1960 and became Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 18 Group in 1964.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Rex Roe
/ref> He went on to be Station Commander at

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in 1967, Director of RAF Flying Training in 1969 and Deputy Controller, Aircraft at the

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in 1972. After that he was made Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters

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in 1974. He was made Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at

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in January 1976 and personally took delivery of the new Hawk in November of that year flying it himself into

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.Hawk – First Delivery
The Hawker Association newsletter, No. 13 Summer 2006 His last appointments were as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command in 1977 and as Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1978 before he retired in 1981.

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