• Source: Raymond Armstrong

      • Lieutenant General Raymond Fullarton Armstrong (14 December 1917 – early 1990s) was a South African Air Force officer, who served as Chief of Defence Staff.


      Biography


      He was born in Manchester when his father was seeing in the British Army during the Great War. Armstrong attended Rondebosch Boy's High School before attending the South African Military College.
      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.
      He was Armed Forces attache in Washington. He served as Chief of Logistics Services until 1968 and 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.
      After retirement he served as a director of Atlas Aircraft Corporation.


      Awards and decorations


      He was awarded the following:

      Star of South Africa (Gold) (SSAG)
      Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM)
      Korea Medal (South Africa)
      Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
      Union Medal
      1939–45 Star
      Africa Star
      Defence Medal (United Kingdom)
      War Medal 1939–1945
      Africa Service Medal (WWII)
      Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
      Air Medal (with Oak leaf cluster)
      United Nations Service Medal (Korea)
      Korean War Service Medal
      Order of Military Merit (무공훈장) (2nd Class - Eulji Cordon (을지))


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