Allan Perry-Keene | |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1898 |
Birth Place: | Gateshead, England |
Death Place: | Andover, England |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army (1917–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1949) |
Serviceyears: | 1917–1949 |
Rank: | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands: | Royal Pakistan Air Force (1947–1949) No. 2 (Indian) Group (1946) No. 4 (Indian) Group (1946) No. 227 Group (1946) |
Battles: | First World War Second World War |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches |
Air Vice Marshal Allan Lancelot Addison Perry-Keene, (10 November 1898 – 16 March 1987) was a senior English officer in the Royal Air Force who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1947 to 1949.
Perry-Keene was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.
In his later years, Perry-Keene wrote an autobiography titled Reflected Glory – An Autobiography. It was privately published in 1978.[1]