Anthony Bagnall

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony John Crowther Bagnall GBE KCB FRAeS (born 8 June 1945) is a retired senior RAF commander and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.

As a junior officer, Bagnall completed several tours flying the Lightning aircraft. As he became more senior, Bagnall went on to take up the posts of Officer Commanding No 23 Squadron in the Falkland Islands and Station Commander of RAF Leuchars, which is in Fife, Scotland.

Bagnall had a reputation for ruthlessness, particularly as a squadron commander and later as Station Commander. Some say that this led to his nickname "The Scottish Officer" (he is not a Scotsman), which derived from the tradition among actors not to mention the play Macbeth, by name, which they consider to be unlucky. While not a popular figure (particularly among the many senior officers who incurred his wrath), it can be argued Bagnall was a fair and highly successful commander, who demanded high standards and held his senior officers properly accountable for their failings.

Bagnall's later tours were:

• 1992 - Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
• 1994 - Air Officer Commanding No 11 Group
• 1996 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe
• 1998 - Air Member for Personnel and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Personnel and Training Command
• 2000 - Commander-in-Chief Strike Command
• 2001 - Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff

[edit] Reference

• Bagnall Village - Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall

Military Offices
Preceded by: Sir Timothy Garden	Assistant Chief of the Air Staff 1992–1994	Succeeded by: Sir Peter Squire
Preceded by: Sir David Cousins	Commander-in-Chief Personnel and Training Command Air Member for Personnel 1998–2000	Succeeded by: Sir John Day
Preceded by: Sir Peter Squire	Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 2000–2001	Succeeded by: Sir John Day
Preceded by: Sir Peter Abbott	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2001–2005	Succeeded by: Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman