. "Sir William Forster Dickson"@en . . . . "William Dickson (RAF officer)"@en . . . . . "Air Officer Commanding No. 10 Group"@en . . . . "Air Officer Commanding No. 9 Group"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1916"^^ . "1953"^^ . . "1959"^^ . "1956"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1942"^^ . "1943"^^ . . "1946"^^ . . "1944"^^ . "RAF Hospital, Wroughton, Wiltshire"@en . "1950"^^ . "1948"^^ . . . . "250"^^ . "1898-09-24"^^ . . . . "Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Forster Dickson GCB, KBE, DSO, AFC (24 September 1898 \u2013 12 September 1987) was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator during World War I, an middle-ranking Royal Air Force officer during the inter-war years and a senior Royal Air Force commander during and after World War II. Dickson was Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1950s in which role his main preoccupation was the establishment of the V Force and the necessary supporting weapons, airfields and personnel. He also served as the first Chief of the Defence Staff in the late 1950s."@en . . "Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee"@en . . . "Air Officer Commanding Desert Air Force"@en . "Commander-in-Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East"@en . "Dickson sitting down to afternoon tea while attending a conference at the Tactical Headquarters of the 8th Army, near Venafro, Italy."@en . . . . . . . "Northwood, Middlesex"@en . "Assistant Chief of the Air Staff"@en . "1987-09-12"^^ . "Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Forster Dickson GCB, KBE, DSO, AFC (24 September 1898 \u2013 12 September 1987) was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator during World War I, an middle-ranking Royal Air Force officer during the inter-war years and a senior Royal Air Force commander during and after World War II. Dickson was Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1950s in which role his main preoccupation was the establishment of the V Force and the necessary supporting weapons, airfields and personnel. He also served as the first Chief of the Defence Staff in the late 1950s."@en . . . . . . . "Master of The Glass Sellers\u2019 Company"@en . "Air Officer Commanding No. 83 Group"@en . . . .