About Harold Lydford
Lived 1898 – 1979 (aged 81). Harold Lydford was a military personnel.
Air Marshal Sir Harold Thomas Lydford, (7 May 1898 – 20 September 1979) was a First World War pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the post-war decade.
RAF career Lydford was commissioned into the Special Reserve of the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force after the war and served as a pilot with No. 208 Squadron in Constantinople. and Chairman of the Royal Air Forces Association.
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Who was Harold Lydford?
Royal Air Force air marshals (1898–1979)
When was Harold Lydford born?
Harold Lydford was born on 7 May 1898 in Brixton.
When did Harold Lydford die?
Harold Lydford died on 20 September 1979 in Oxfordshire.
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Harold Lydford was a military personnel.
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