Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO DFC RAF (born 22 January 1910, died 31 January 1988) was a senior Royal Air Force commander and the Governor of Western Australia from 1975 to 1980. Air Chief Marshal ( Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a senior Air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force (RAF The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Distinguished Service Order ( DSO) is a Military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries awarded for The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom 's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia 's Monarch Queen Elizabeth II. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

Kyle was born in Western Australia and he received his education at Guildford Grammar School. Guildford Grammar School, informally known as Guildford Grammar or GGS is an independent, day and Boarding school for boys situated

In the RAF, Kyle went on to occupy the post of Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command. RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAF 's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968 When Bomber Command merged with Fighter Command to form Strike Command, Kyle became Strike Command's first Air Officer Commander-in-Chief. Fighter Command was one of three functional commands that dominated the public perception of the Royal Air Force for much of the mid-20th century The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom 's combat aircraft from 1968 until

References

• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chf Mshl Kyle

Military offices
Preceded by Sir John Grandy	Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command 1965–1968	Succeeded by Post ceased to exist
Preceded by New Creation	Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 1968–1968	Succeeded by Sir Denis Spotswood
Government offices
Preceded by Air Commodore Sir Hughie Edwards	Governor of Western Australia 1975–1980	Succeeded by Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge

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