Keith Williamson
| Sir Keith Williamson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 February 1928 Leytonstone, London |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1945–85 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Royal Air Force |
| Commands held |
Chief of the Air Staff (1982–85) Strike Command (1980–82) Support Command (1978–80) RAF Staff College, Bracknell (1975–77) RAF Gütersloh (1968–71) No. 23 Squadron (1966–68) |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross |
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Alec Williamson, GCB, AFC (born 25 February 1928) is a retired senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served with the Royal Australian Air Force flying Meteors in a ground attack role during the Korean War. He was a squadron commander and then a station commander during the 1960s and a senior air commander in the 1980s. He was Chief of the Air Staff during the early 1980s at the time of the emergency airlift of food and supplies to Ethiopia ("Operation Bushel").
The son of Percy Williamson and his wife Gertrude, Williamson was educated at Bancroft's School and Market Harborough Grammar School. He enlisted as an Aircraft Apprentice at RAF Halton in 1945, and was transferred to the Aircraft Apprentice Wing at RAF Cranwell, No 1 Radio School where he joined the 50th Entry and was trained as an Air Radio Fitter. After graduating in 1948, he was selected for a cadetship at RAF College Cranwell and was commissioned on 13 December 1950. He was sent to the Advanced Flying School at RAF Driffield, where he trained on Meteors and Vampires and was then posted to No. 112 Squadron in July 1951 flying Vampires initially from RAF Fassberg and then from RAF Jever in Germany.
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