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Air Marshal Sir Francis John Linnell KBE CB (born 16 March 1892, Died 3 November 1944) was a British military officer who saw active service in World War I and World War II. He was Controller of Research and Development of the Ministry of Aircraft Production during the development of the Bouncing bomb, the weapon eventually employed in Operation Chastise. 'Jack' was Dubbed Sir Francis in the desert in front of the British press by King George VI and posthumously invested as a Commander in the Legion of Merit by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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  • Air Marshal Sir Francis John Linnell KBE CB (born 16 March 1892, Died 3 November 1944) was a British military officer who saw active service in World War I and World War II. He was Controller of Research and Development of the Ministry of Aircraft Production during the development of the Bouncing bomb, the weapon eventually employed in Operation Chastise. 'Jack' was Dubbed Sir Francis in the desert in front of the British press by King George VI and posthumously invested as a Commander in the Legion of Merit by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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  • Near Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, England
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  • Air Marshal Linnell meets A C Critchley , the newly-appointed Director-General of British Overseas Airways Corporation at an airfield in the Middle East, 1943
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  • Margate, Kent, England
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  • Additional Member of the Air Council
  • Deputy AOC-in-C, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
  • Deputy AOC-in-C, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
  • Officer Commanding No. 9 Squadron RAF
  • Officer Commanding No. 99 Squadron RAF
  • Officer Commanding RAF BASE Malta
  • Officer Commanding RAF Mildenhall
  • Controller of Research and Development Ministry of Aircraft Production
  • Air Ministry as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in charge of Training.
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