Air Marshal Sir Reginald Herbert Embleton Emson, KBE, CB, AFC (11 January 1912 – 27 March 1995) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the post-Second World War years.

Education

Emson attended Christ's Hospital.[1]

RAF career

Emson joined the Royal Air Force in 1930.[2] He became an Armament Officer in 1936 and served in the Second World War in the Technical Branch.[2] After the war he became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) and then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1966 before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1967,[3] and retiring in 1969.[2]

References

  1. ^ Who's Who 1995 (147th ed.). A & C Black Publishers Ltd. 12 January 1995. ISBN 9780713639957.
  2. ^ a b c "R H E Emson". www.rafweb.org. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ New DCAS Flight International, 12 January 1967
Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
1966–1967 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Inspector-General of the RAF
1967–1969 		Post disbanded
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Emson
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