About Leslie Harvey
Lived 1896 – 1972 (aged 76). Leslie Harvey was a military personnel.
Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gordon Harvey, (11 April 1896 – 14 October 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command from 1952 until his retirement in 1956.
RAF career Harvey was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in June 1917, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps later that year and then secured a short service in the Royal Air Force in 1919. He was promoted to flight lieutenant in 1924. He served in the Second World War as Assistant Director of Repair and Servicing and then as Chief Engineer Officer at Headquarters No. 45 Group before becoming Deputy Air Officer Administration (Maintenance) at Headquarters Transport Command.
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Leslie Harvey was born on 11 April 1896.
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Leslie Harvey died on 14 October 1972.
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Leslie Harvey was a military personnel.
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