Denis Smallwood

Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Graham Smallwood, GBE, KCB, DSO, DFC, FRAeS, FRSA (13 August 1918 – 26 July 1997) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

Educated at King Edward VI School in Birmingham, Smallwood joined the Royal Air Force in 1938.

[1] Smallwood took part in the Second World War and in November 1941 he was appointed Officer Commanding of No.

[1] He became Group Captain, Plans for the Air Task Force in 1956 and then Officer Commanding RAF North Coates in 1959 before becoming Commandant of the College of Air Warfare in 1961.

[2] In 1940 he married Frances Jeanne Needham ; they had one son and one daughter.

Wartime colour photo of Hurricane IIC BE500 flown by Sqn Ldr Denis Smallwood of 87 Sqn in overall RDM2 ("Special Night") scheme and used on intruder operations 1941–1942.