Patrick Playfair
Appearance
Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, KBE, CB, CVO, MC (22 November 1889 – 23 November 1974) was a commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force until his retirement during the Second World War.
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In 1945 Playfair published Warfare Today: How Modern Battles Are Planned and Fought on Land, at Sea, and in the Air,[1] co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon.
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- Bacon, Reginald; Fuller, J. F. C.; Playfair, Patrick, eds. (1944). Warfare Today: How Modern Battles Are Planned and Fought on Land, at Sea, and in the Air. London: Odhams. OCLC 2758661.
- Playfair, Patrick; Jarvis, John (1979). "Pip" Playfair, A Founding Father of the RAF. Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. ISBN 0-7223-1323-3..
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- 1889 births
- 1974 deaths
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Air Force air marshals of World War II
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- Royal Flying Corps officers
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