David Carnegie (RAF officer)

David Vaughan Carnegie
Born 7 February 1897
Died 3 August 1964 (aged 67)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Years of service 1917–1954
Rank Air Vice-Marshal
Commands held Chief of the New Zealand Air Staff
No. 18 Group
RAF Wittering
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Air Force Cross
Legion of Merit (United States)

Air Vice-Marshal David Vaughan Carnegie CB, CBE, AFC (7 February 1897 – 3 August 1964) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War and the post-war decade. From 1951 to 1954 he served on secondment as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Air Vice-Marshal Arthur de Terrotte Nevill
Chief of the Air Staff (RNZAF)
1951–1954
Succeeded by
Air Vice-Marshal Walter Merton
Preceded by
Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Kingston-McClaughry
Air Officer Commanding No. 18 Group
Also Air Officer Scotland

1948–1950
Succeeded by
Air Vice-Marshal Harold Lydford