Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley (19 October 1933 – 15 January 2019) was a senior

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commander.

RAF career

Educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, BerkshireBurke's Peerage
and

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, Skingsley joined the Royal Air Force in 1955.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He became officer commanding No. 214 Squadron in 1972, Station Commander at RAF Laarbruch in 1974 and Assistant Chief of Staff (Air Offensive) at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1977 before becoming Director of Air Plans at the

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in 1979. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) at

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in 1980, Commandant of the

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, in 1983 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1985. He was then

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from 1986, Commander-in-Chief of RAF Germany and Second Tactical Air Force from 1987 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief AFCENT from 1989 before retiring in 1992.

Death

Skingsley died on 15 January 2019, aged 85.

Family

In 1957 he married Lilwen Dixon; they have two sons and one daughter.

References

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