Air Marshal Sir Douglas Griffith Morris, (3 December 1908 – 26 March 1990) was a

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officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of

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RAF career

Educated at St John's College in

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, Morris joined the Royal Air Force in 1930.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Douglas Morris
He served in the

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No. 406 Squadron and then as Station Commander

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before being appointed Officer Commanding No. 132 Wing and finishing the war as Senior Air Service Officer at Headquarters No. 84 Group. He became Senior Air Service Officer at the Headquarters of the Second Tactical Air Force in 1955 and was then made Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Air Defence) in 1957. He was appointed Chief of Staff at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1960 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of

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in 1962 in which capacity he visited

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and

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before he retired in 1966. In 1967 he carried out a review of the

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recommending that it be re-organised on a regional basis.Air Training Corps (Report)
Hansard, 25 July 1968

References

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