Air Marshal Sir Thomas Arthur Warne-Browne, (21 July 1898 – 13 October 1962), was a senior

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officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

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from 1949 to 1952.

RAF career

Warne-Browne served with the

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and

in the

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being awarded the

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for a reconnaissance over

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and

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under heavy anti-aircraft fire in March 1918.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Thomas Warne-Browne
/ref> He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 22 Squadron in 1934 and a Squadron Commander at No. 1 Flying Training School in 1936. Later that year he became Senior Engineering Officer at

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. He also served in the

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as Senior Engineer Staff Officer at Headquarters

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from 1942 until the end of the war. After the War he became Air Officer Commanding No. 43 Group and then joined the Senior Technical Staff Officer at

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in 1947 before becoming Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at

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in 1949 and retiring in 1953.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> He lived at Chilbolton near Stockbridge in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Warne-Browne, Thomas 1898 births 1962 deaths Royal Air Force air marshals Royal Air Force personnel of World War I Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)