Air Vice Marshal Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many Commonwealth of Nations, countries which have historical British infl ...

Sturley Philip Simpson, (13 June 1896 – 28 April 1966) was a senior

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commander.

RAF career

Simpson was commissioned into the

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in 1915 during the

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.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal S P Simpson
/ref> Awarded the

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in 1927,At Buckingham Palace
Flight International, 24 February 1927 he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 4 Squadron in 1930 and Station Commander at

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in 1938. During the

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he commanded AHQ Gibraltar and then No. 18 Group. He retired in 1947. After the Second World War Simpson was Commandant at

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References

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