| 词条 | Raymond Armstrong |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Raymond Fullerton Armstrong | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=ZAR|SSAG|SM}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|12|14}} | death_date = 1990s | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{flag|South Africa|1928}} | branch = {{air force|South Africa|1981}} | serviceyears = 1936{{ndash}}1976 | rank = Lieutenant General | servicenumber = 01214089PE | unit = | commands = {{plainlist |
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}} | memorials = | spouse = Dorothy Greenlees | relations = | laterwork = Director; Atlas Corporation | signature = | website = | module = }} Lieutenant General Raymond Fullarton Armstrong {{post-nominals|country=ZAR|SSAG|SM}} (14 December 1917[1] – early 1990s[2]) was a South African Air Force officer, who served as Chief of Defence Staff.[3] BiographyArmstrong attended Rondebosch Boy's High School before attending the South African Military College.[1] He joined the Special Service Battalion in 1936 and soon thereafter joined the Permanent Force. He was trained as a pilot, serving in World War II and later in the Korean War.[3] He was Armed Forces Attache in Washington. He served as Chief of Air Staff before being appointed acting Chief of Defence Staff from 1 March 1974 to 30 April 1974. He was confirmed in this appointment on 1 May 1974. He retired on 31 May 1976.[3] After retirement he served as a Director of Atlas Aircraft Corporation.[1] Awards and DecorationsHe was awarded the following:[1]
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | title=Who's Who of Southern Africa 1976 | publisher=The Argus Printing and Publishing Company | year=1976}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before =Werndly Van der Riet }}{{s-ttl | title = Chief of Defence Staff | years =1974{{snd}}1976}}{{S-vac|next=Ian Gleeson in 1986}}{{s-bef | before = Cbt Gen Danie du Toit }}{{s-ttl | title = Chief of Air Staff | years=1970{{snd}}1974}}{{s-aft|after=Maj Gen JN Robbs }}{{s-bef | before = Cmdt Danie du Toit }}{{s-ttl | title = OC SAAF College | years =1954{{snd}}1960}}{{s-aft| after= Col Pierre Retief}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Raymond}}{{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |last1=Liberman |first1=Peter |title=Israel and the South African Bomb |url=https://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/political_science/profmat/Israel%20and%20the%20South%20African%20bomb.pdf |accessdate=4 December 2018}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite journal|last1=Nöthling|first1=C.J.|last2=Meyers|first2=E.M.|title=LEIERS DEUR DIE JARE (1912–1982)|journal=Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies|date=1982|volume=12|issue=2|doi=10.5787/12-2-631|url=http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/631|issn=2224-0020|language=Afrikaans|format=Online|accessdate=2 January 2015|pages=89}} 9 : 1917 births|South African Air Force generals|South African World War II pilots|South African military personnel of the Korean War|Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Korea)|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Recipients of the Air Medal|1990s deaths|Alumni of Rondebosch Boys' High School |
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