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|name= Sir Ruthven Wade |image= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1920|07|15}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|09|24|1920|07|15}} |birth_place= |death_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= 1938–78 |rank= Air Chief Marshal |commands= Vice-Chief of the Air Staff (1973–76) No. 1 Group (1968–71) RAF Gaydon (1962–65) No. 39 Squadron (1959–60) |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Flying Cross |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Lowry "Gerry" Wade, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|DFC}} (15 July 1920 – 24 September 2001) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Vice-Chief of the Air Staff from 1973 to 1976. RAF careerEducated at Cheltenham College, Wade joined the Royal Air Force in 1938 and served in the Second World War.[1] After the War he became Officer Commanding No. 39 Squadron and then Station Commander at RAF Gaydon.[1] He was appointed Director of Operations – Bomber and Reconnaissance in 1966, Air Executive to Deputy for Nuclear Affairs at SHAPE in 1967 and Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1968.[1] He went on to be Deputy Commander-in-Chief at RAF Germany in 1971, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in January 1973 and Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in November 1973.[1] His last appointment was as Chief of Personnel and Logistics in 1976 before he retired in 1978.[1] FamilyIn 1945 he married Denise Davis; they had a son.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}2. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1380187/Air-Chief-Marshal-Sir-Ruthven-Wade.html Obituary: Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade] Daily Telegraph, 3 January 2002 |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Denis Smallwood}}{{s-ttl|title=Vice-Chief of the Air Staff|years=1973–1976}}{{s-aft|after=Sir David Evans}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Ruthven}} 6 : 1920 births|2001 deaths|People educated at Cheltenham College|Royal Air Force air marshals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) |
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