Leslie Harvey (RAF officer)

Sir Leslie Harvey
Born(1896-04-11)11 April 1896
Died14 October 1972(1972-10-14) (aged 76)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army (1917–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–56)
Years of service1917–56
RankAir Marshal
CommandsMaintenance Command (1952–56)
No. 24 (Training) Group (1948–49)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches

Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gordon Harvey, KBE, CB (11 April 1896 – 14 October 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command from 1952 until his retirement in 1956.

RAF career

Harvey joined Royal Warwickshire Regiment in June 1917, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps later that year and then secured a short service in the Royal Air Force in 1919.[1] He was promoted to flight lieutenant in 1924.[2] He served in the Second World War as Assistant Director of Repair and Servicing and then as Chief Engineer Officer at Headquarters No. 45 Group before becoming Deputy Air Officer Administration (Maintenance) at Headquarters Transport Command.[1]

After the War he was appointed Air Officer Commanding, No. 24 (Training) Group in 1948, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Technical Training Command in 1950 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command in 1952 before he retired in 1956.[1]

In retirement he became a Director of GQ Parachute Company.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Leslie Harvey
  2. ^ Appointments Flight International, 3 January 1924
  3. ^ People and Posts Flight International, 9 November 1972
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command
1952–1956 		Succeeded by