George Harvey
RAF officer
About George Harvey
Lived 1905 – 1969 (aged 63).
Air Vice Marshal Sir George David Harvey, (18 August 1905 – 24 February 1969) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.
RAF career Harvey was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 15 September 1924. He served in the Second World War as officer commanding, RAF Hunsdon from 1941, officer commanding, No. 335 Wing in Sicily from September 1943 and as officer commanding, No. 286 Wing from January 1944. He went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Headquarters Eastern Mediterranean in March 1944 and Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, at Headquarters Middle East Command in May 1944. His last appointment was as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training) in January 1956 before retiring in October 1958.
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Who was George Harvey?
RAF officer
When was George Harvey born?
George Harvey was born on 18 August 1905.
When did George Harvey die?
George Harvey died on 24 February 1969.
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