Lawrence Pendred
| Sir Lawrence Pendred | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 May 1899 |
| Died | 1986 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1917-1955 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held |
No. 227 Group Flying Training Command |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Flying Cross |
Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Fleming Pendred KBE CB DFC (5 May 1899 - 1986) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command.
RAF career
Educated at Epsom College, Pendred joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 towards the end of World War I and served as a pilot with No. 2 Squadron.[1] He specialised in intelligence and in 1930 he joined the Intelligence Staff at Headquarters RAF Transjordan and Palestine.[1] He served in World War II on the air staff in the Deputy Directorate of Operations (Home) and then in the Directorate of Plans.[1] He continued his war service as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command from 1941, as Director of Intelligence at the Air Ministry from 1942 and as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force from 1944.[1] He spent the closing years of the War as Assistant Commandant at the RAF Staff College, Bulstrode Park and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 227 Group.[1]
After the War he was appointed Director of Intelligence to Supreme Commander, South East Asia and then, from 1947, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence).[1] He went on to be Commandant at the School of Land/Air Warfare in 1950 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command in 1952 before retiring in 1955.[1] Under Pendred the standard training sequence for new pilots was the Provost and then the Vampire aircraft types.[2]
In retirement he was President of the Old Epsomian Club.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pendred
- ↑ RAF Pilot Training 1954 The Aeroplane, 10 September 1954
- ↑ The Queen at Epsom College British Medical Journal, 21 May 1955
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Hugh Walmsley |
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command 1952–1955 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Atcherley |
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