18 April 1970(1970-04-18) (aged 66) Aldershot, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1922–59
Rank
Air marshal
Commands held
Flying Training Command (1955–59)
No. 12 Group (1951–53)
Chief of the Pakistani Air Staff (1949–51)
RAF College Cranwell (1945–49)
Central Fighter Establishment (1945)
No. 211 Group (1943)
RAF Kenley (1942–43)
RAF Fairwood Common (1942)
RAF Drem (1940–41)
No. 219 Squadron (1939–40)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross & Bar
Mentioned in dispatches (3)
War Cross (Norway)
Relations
Air Vice Marshal David Atcherley (brother)
Air Marshal Sir Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, KBE, CB, AFC & Bar (12 January 1904 – 18 April 1970) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1949 to 1951.
His final appointment before retiring from the RAF was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command.
Air Marshal Sir Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, KBE, CB, AFC & Bar (12 January 1904 – 18 April 1970) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served...
surgeon Harold Atcherley (1918–2017), British businessman Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley (1874–1933), Hawaiian linguist and politician RichardAtcherley (1904–1970)...
William Atcherley, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC (12 January 1904 – 8 June 1952) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. David Atcherley and his twin Richard were born...
which would cut off if contact was lost. Royal Air Force officer RichardAtcherley had observed the dangerous aerial-refueling techniques in use at barnstorming...
problems with Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Air Vice-Marshal RichardAtcherley and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Rear Admiral James Wilfred Jefford...
Soon after, Bader was looking for a post in the RAF. Air Marshal RichardAtcherley, a former Schneider Trophy pilot, was commanding the Central Fighter...
Laura, daughter of Richard Mickelthwait, JP, of Ardsley House, Yorkshire. He was a first cousin of the twins David and RichardAtcherley. Empson first discovered...
passed through RAF Sutton Bridge training, such as Air Marshal Sir RichardAtcherley, Group Captain Billy Drake, Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader serving...
found him guilty and he was severely reprimanded by Group Captain RichardAtcherley. When his tour of duty ended in December 1941, he was offered the...
formed No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group commanded by Air Commodore RichardAtcherley on April 11, 1943 in Tripoli. The 99th Fighter Squadron was assigned...
supercharged as the Lion VIID. S.6 N247 came first, piloted by Waghorn, with Atcherley and N248 disqualified for cutting inside a turn. The Gloster VI had been...
also to claim world record speeds for seaplanes, although teammate RichardAtcherley later registered higher speeds when he completed his laps of the circuit...
meetings the need for an airstrip at Bentley Priory grew. Air Commodore RichardAtcherley undertook this project in late 1943. The Air Ministry War Department...
appointment Year(s) Name 1945 Air Commodore RichardAtcherley 1945–1948 Unknown 1948–1950 Air Commodore David Atcherley 1950–1953 Air Commodore W J Crisham 1953–1954...
Commanding No. 2 Group 1946–1946 Succeeded by Anthony Paxton Preceded by RichardAtcherley Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force 1951–1955 Succeeded by...
Webb-Bowen 6 March 1915 Lieutenant Colonel D. Le G Pitcher Air Marshal Sir RichardAtcherley (1925–28) Wing Commander Clive Beadon (1940) Air Marshal Sir Lawrence...
and Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Constabulary Air Marshal Sir RichardAtcherley, senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of...
Neill Ogilvie-Forbes Preceded by Sir Hugh Walmsley Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command 1952–1955 Succeeded by Sir RichardAtcherley...
Qualified Flying Instructor there the following month. Dermot Boyle and RichardAtcherley together formed the school's display team while they were resident...
College 1961–1964 Succeeded by Sir Deric Holland-Martin Preceded by Sir RichardAtcherley Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command 1959–1961...
1952 Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pendred 20 Dec 1955 Air Marshal Sir RichardAtcherley 1 Mar 1959 Air Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine 24 Sep 1961 Air Marshal...
Major-General Sir Llewellyn William Atcherley, CMG, CVO, KPM (1 March 1871 – 17 February 1954) was a Canadian-born officer in the British Army and Chief...
Lawrence Frost, a timber merchant there, and his wife Mary Atcherley, daughter of James Atcherley, headmaster of Shrewsbury Grammar School from 1770 to 1798...
Global Information