John Miles Steel

Air Chief Marshal

Sir John Miles Steel

GCB KBE CMG
John Steel in September 1928.
Born(1877-09-11)11 September 1877
Died2 December 1965(1965-12-02) (aged 88)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy (c. 1897–1918)
Royal Air Force (1918–45)
Service years1897–1937
1939–45
RankAir Chief Marshal
CommandsReserve Command (1939–40)
Bomber Command (1936–37)
Air Defence of Great Britain (1935–36)
RAF India (1931–35)
Wessex Bombing Area (1926–30)
No. 8 Group (1918)
No. 58 Wing (1918)
RNAS Eastchurch (1917–18)
ConflictsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class with Swords (Russia)

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Miles Steel, GCB, KBE, CMG (11 September 1877 – 2 December 1965) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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