Donald Hall

Air Marshal Sir Donald Percy Hall, (11 November 1930 – 12 January 1999) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Systems) from 1983 to 1986.

Flying career Educated at Hull Grammar School and the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Hall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1952. He became Officer Commanding No. 111 Squadron in 1966. He went on to be Junior Members Co-ordinator at the Imperial Defence College in 1968, Officer Commanding the Empire Test Pilots' School in 1971 and Station Commander of RAF Akrotiri in 1973.

Honours

Hall was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1963 New Year Honours, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1975 New Year Honours, appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1981 Birthday Honours, and promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1984 New Year Honours.

Family In 1953 he married Joyce Warburton; they had two daughters, Melanie and Jilly.