Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders, GCB, KBE (17 March 1898 – 8 February 1974), was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years.

[3] Sanders was commissioned into the Northumberland Fusiliers in April 1916[4] but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps a few weeks later.

On 1 April 1918, Sanders was transferred to the Royal Air Force along with his fellow Flying Corps officers.

[3] In 1940, Sanders was appointed the Director of Ground Defence at the Air Ministry and his work was partly responsible for the establishment of the RAF Regiment in 1942.

[3] In May 1952, Sanders became Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Middle East Air Force before his final tour as Commandant of the Imperial Defence College.