William Theak
Air Vice-Marshal William Edward Theak CB CBE RAF (1898-1955) was a World War I pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II and the post war decade.
In 1940, Theak was appointed as the Chief Signals Officer at the Headquarters of Bomber Command. In February 1944, he was promoted to air vice-marshal and given command of No. 60 (Signals) Group.
After the War Theak was made the Director-General of Signals at the Air Ministry. In 1949 he took up post as the Air Officer Administration at the Headquarters of the Middle East Air Force. In 1951 he returned to Great Britain to serve as Air Officer Commanding No. 90 (Signals) Group. He retired in March 1954 and died the following year.
External links
  | This biographical article related to the Royal Air Force is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |