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Sir Hugh Walmsley
Born(1898-06-06)6 June 1898
Died2 September 1985(1985-09-02) (aged 87)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army (1915–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–52)
Years of service1915–1952
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldFlying Training Command (1950–52)
RAF India (1946–47)
No. 4 Group (1945–46)
No. 91 Group (1942–44)
No. 6 (Bomber) Group (1942)
RAF Scampton (1940–41)
No. 71 Wing (1939–40)
RAF Abingdon (1937–39)
No. 8 Squadron (1935–37)
No. 33 Squadron (1933–35)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (5)

Air Marshal Sir Hugh Sidney Porter Walmsley, KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC, DFC (6 June 1898 – 2 September 1985) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War. He was the final commander of RAF India and the unified Royal Indian Air Force before its division upon India's independence and partition.

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