Aubrey Ellwood (RAF officer)

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Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Beauclerk Ellwood KCB DSC RAF (3 July 1897 – 20 December 1992) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

Aubrey Ellwood was educated at Marlborough College and he then joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. He was awarded one of the first permanent commissions in the RAF in 1919 and then served as a pilot in India.

In October 1947, Ellwood was appointed the Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command. His next and last tour was as Air Officer Commanding in Chief Transport Command.

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• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Mshl Ellwood

Military Offices
Preceded by Sir Hugh Saunders	Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command 1947–1950	Succeeded by Sir Hugh Lloyd