Background
BOYLE, Marshal of the R.A.F. Dermot Alexander was born on October 2, 1904 in Durrow, Eire. Son of A. F. Boyle.
BOYLE, Marshal of the R.A.F. Dermot Alexander was born on October 2, 1904 in Durrow, Eire. Son of A. F. Boyle.
Saint Columba’s College, Ireland, and Royal Air Force College, Cranwell.
Instructor, Cranwell 1937-1939. 83 Squadron, Scampton 1940-1941. Assistant Secretary War Cabinet Office 1941.
Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters Number 83 Group 1943-1945.
Aide-de-camp to the King 1943. A.O.C. Number 11 Group 1945.
Imperial Defence College 1946. Director-General of Manning 1949-1951.
A.O.C. Number 1 Group, Bomber Command 1951-1953.
Commander in Chief Fighter Command 1953-1955. Air Chief Marshal 1956. Chief of Air Staff 1956-1959.
Vice-Chairman British Aircraft Corporation 1962-1971.
Chair, of Trustees, Royal Air Force Museum 1965-1974. Master of Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators 1965-1966.
Chairman Court of Governors Mill Hill School 1969-1976.
Married Una Carey in 1931.
