1. Alfred Earle served in bomber squadrons in the United Kingdom and in Iraq and then became an instructor at the RAF School of Photography from 1930.
10 Facts About Alfred Earle
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Alfred Earle served in the Second World War and commanded the new School of Photography in Blackpool before joining the Directorate of Photography at the Air Ministry in 1940.
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Alfred Earle transferred to the Directorate of Plans in 1941 and then formed and commanded No 428 Squadron RCAF in 1942.
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Alfred Earle was made commander of RAF Ridgewell and RAF West Wickham in 1943 before joining the staff of General Sir Hastings Ismay for the Cairo Conference and then the Yalta Conference.
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Alfred Earle was made Senior Personnel Staff Officer at Headquarters Technical Training Command in 1949 and then Commandant of the Royal Australian Air Force Staff College in 1951.
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Alfred Earle became Director of Policy in 1954 and Air Chief of Staff in 1955.
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Alfred Earle was Air Officer Commanding No 13 Group from 1957 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff from 1960.
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Alfred Earle was made Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Technical Training Command in 1962 and Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 1964.
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In 1966 Sir Alfred Earle became the second chief of Defence Intelligence, then known as Director-General Intelligence, succeeding Sir Kenneth Strong.
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Alfred Earle retired from the RAF in 1966, before taking up the position of Director-General of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence.