Arthur Ledger
Royal Air Force Air-Vice Marshal
About Arthur Ledger
Lived 1897 – 1970 (aged 72).
Air Vice Marshal Arthur Percy Ledger, (29 August 1897 – 6 May 1970) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.
RAF career Ledger was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 29 May 1918. He was deployed to France for service in the First World War.
After transferring to the RAF as an observer officer in 1919, he became officer commanding, No. 40 Squadron in August 1935 and then served in the Second World War as senior air officer, HQ Air Forces in India from July 1940, as Deputy Director of Ground Defence from March 1942 and as Director of Ground Defence from later that year.
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Who was Arthur Ledger?
Royal Air Force Air-Vice Marshal (1897-1970)
When was Arthur Ledger born?
Arthur Ledger was born on 29 August 1897.
When did Arthur Ledger die?
Arthur Ledger died on 6 May 1970.
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