Wallace Kyle

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO DFC RAF (born 22 January 1910, died 31 January 1988) was a senior Royal Air Force commander and the Governor of Western Australia from 1975 to 1980.

Kyle was born in Western Australia and he received his education at Guildford Grammar School.

In the RAF, Kyle went on to occupy the post of Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command. When Bomber Command merged with Fighter Command to form Strike Command, Kyle became Strike Command's first Air Officer Commander-in-Chief.

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• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chf Mshl Kyle

Military Offices
Preceded by Sir John Grandy	Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command 1965–1968	Succeeded by None
Preceded by New Creation	Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 1968–1968	Succeeded by Sir Denis Spotswood
Government offices
Preceded by Air Commodore Sir Hughie Edwards	Governor of Western Australia 1975–1980	Succeeded by Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge