Air Marshal Sir Reginald Herbert Embleton Emson (11 January 1912 – 27 March 1995) was a senior commander in the

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in the post-Second World War years.

RAF career

Emson joined the Royal Air Force in 1930. He became an Armament Officer in 1936 and served in the

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in the Technical Branch. After the war he became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) and then

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from 1966 before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1967,New DCAS
Flight International, 12 January 1967 and retiring in 1969.

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