Air Chief Marshal Sir William John Stacey, KCB, CBE, FRAeS (1 December 1924 – 1 January 1981) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the 1970s and until his sudden death from cancer in 1981.
Educated in Ireland and South Africa, Stacey joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 during the Second World War and after pilot training in South Africa served as a fighter pilot in Burma with No.
54 Squadron in 1956, Chief of the Nuclear Operations Branch at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1959 and Officer Commanding No.
46 Group in 1972, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in 1974 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief at RAF Strike Command in 1976.
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