Air Marshal Pelly (centre) with Air Marshal Hardman (left) and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (right) at a ceremonial parade for No. 78 Wing RAAF on its departure from garrison duty on Malta, 1954
Born
(1902-08-19)19 August 1902 Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Died
12 August 1972(1972-08-12) (aged 69) Deben, Suffolk, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1920–1959
Rank
Air chief marshal
Commands held
RAF Middle East Air Force (1953–56) Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (1946–48)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches (3)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly, GBE, KCB, MC (19 August 1902 – 12 August 1972) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the middle of the 20th century.[1]
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chair instead of bowing due to his Muslim faith. The Queen also knighted ClaudePelly, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force in the Middle East...
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dissemination of Ultra) Former military members Air Chief Marshal Sir ClaudePelly Air Chief Marshal Sir John Steel Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard Air Vice-Marshal...
as RAF Air Member for Supply and Organisation, with Air Marshal Sir ClaudePelly (centre), and Lord Mountbatten (right) at a ceremonial parade for No...
Officer Commanding RAAF Overseas Headquarters, with Air Marshals Sir ClaudePelly (centre) and Sir Donald Hardman (left) at a farewell parade for No. 78...
of John Hinde Pelly of Hyde House, Gloucestershire, and his wife Elizabeth Lewis. He was educated at Rugby School. Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the...
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the German term Spitzenkandidaten (English: top candidates), were Jean-Claude Juncker for the European People's Party, Martin Schulz for the Party of...
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