John Miles Steel

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Air Chief Marshal Sir John Miles Steel GCB KBE CMG RAF (11 September 18772 December 1965) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

Steel attended Britannia Naval College in 1892 and subsequently served in the Royal Navy. In 1917 Steel was appointed Officer Commanding RNAS Eastchurch and he later transferred to the Royal Air Force.

On 1 August 1935, Steel was appointed Air Officer Commander-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Air Defence of Great Britain. When Bomber Command was created from the Air Defence of Great Britain command, Steel became its first AOC-in-C.

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Military Offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
Commander-in-Chief Air Defence of Great Britain
1935–1936
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
New Creation
Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command
1936–1937
Succeeded by
Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
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