Thomas Williams (RAF officer)

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Air Marshal Sir Thomas Melling Williams KCB OBE MC DFC with Bar RAF (27 September 1899–10 June 1956) was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II and the following years.

At the start of 1943, Williams was appointed Air Officer Commanding the RAF's Air HQ in Bengal. Towards the end of World War II, he took up the senior appointment of Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations).

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• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir Thomas Williams

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Philip Wigglesworth	Commander-in-Chief British Air Forces of Occupation 1948–1951	Succeeded by Sir Robert Foster As C-in-C Second Tactical Air Force
Preceded by Sir James Robb	Inspector-General of the RAF 1951–1952	Succeeded by S C Strafford