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  • Edward Masterman
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  • Air Commodore Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman CB CMG CBE AFC RAF (15 April 1880 – 26 August 1957) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century. After retiring from the RAF, he served as the first ever Commandant of the Observer Corps.
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Birth Date
  • 1880-04-15
Commands
  • Commandant Central Flying School 1922
  • General Officer Commanding No. 22 Group 1918
Branch
  • 20
death place
  • Aldershot, Hampshire England
Name
  • Edward Masterman
Caption
  • Air Commodore Edward Masterman, pictured wearing an early Observer Corps lapel badge on his suit jacket.
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Awards
death date
  • 1957-08-26
Rank
Battles
Years
  • 1918
  • 1922
  • 1923
  • 1924
  • 1929
laterwork
  • Commandant of the Observer Corps
abstract
  • Air Commodore Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman CB CMG CBE AFC RAF (15 April 1880 – 26 August 1957) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century. After retiring from the RAF, he served as the first ever Commandant of the Observer Corps.