Education
Street John"s College.
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Douglas Morris
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Career
Educated at Street John"s College in Johannesburg, Morris joined the Royal Air Force in 1930. He served in World World War II as Officer Commanding Number. 406 Squadron and then as Station Commander Royal Air Force North Weald before being appointed Officer Commanding Number.
132 Wing and finishing the War as Senior Air Service Officer at Headquarters Number.
84 Group. He became Senior Air Service Officer at the Headquarters of the Second Tactical Air Force in 1955 and was then made Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Air Defence) in 1957. He was appointed Chief of Staff at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1960 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Royal Air Force Fighter Command in 1962 in which capacity he visited India and Aden before he retired in 1966.
In 1967 he carried out a review of the Air Training Corps recommending that it be re-organised on a regional basis.
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March 26, 1990 (aged 81)