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:

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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
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