Adrian Cole (ofishin RAAF)

Air Vice Marshal Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole, CBE, DSO, MC, DFC (19) Yuni 1895 – 14 Fabrairu 1966) babban kwamanda ne a rundunar sojin sama ta Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Ya shiga soja a lokacin barkewar yakin duniya Ni, ya koma Australian Flying Corps a shekarar 1916 kuma ya tashi da jirgin sama mai lamba No.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwHg">&nbsp;</span>Rundunar 1 a Gabas ta Tsakiya da kuma No.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwIQ">&nbsp;</span>Ya zama jarumi, wanda aka yaba masa da nasarorin da ya samu a kan jiragen sama goma na abokan gaba, kuma ya sami nasarar Gicciyen Soja da kuma Gicciyen Flying Cross mai daraja. A shekarar 1921, ya kasance memba na kafa RAAF.

"Sarki" Cole ya hau matsayin ɗan rundunar sojin sama na Supply a shekarar 1933 kuma ya sami matsayi zuwa kyaftin na rukuni a shekarar 1935. A shekara mai zuwa aka naɗa shi babban kwamandan farko na hedikwatar RAAF Station Richmond. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya Na biyu, ya jagoranci Rundunar Yankin Arewa maso Yamma a Darwin, Yankin Arewa, kuma ya riƙe mukamai a ƙasashen waje a Arewacin Afirka, Ingila, Arewacin Ireland, da Ceylon. A matsayinsa na Mai Kula da Jiragen Sama na Gaba a lokacin harin Dieppe a shekarar 1942, ya ji rauni a fagen daga kuma aka ba shi Dokar Ba da Lamuni Mai Kyau. Cole ya yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na kamfanoni bayan ya yi ritaya daga RAAF a shekarar 1946. Ya mutu a shekarar 1966 yana da shekaru saba'in.

 Rayuwar Farko da Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya 
An haifi Adrian Cole a Glen Iris, wani yanki na Melbourne, ga lauya kuma likita Robert Cole da matarsa Helen (née Hake). Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Grammar Geelong da Makarantar Grammar Melbourne, inda ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar kadet. Lokacin Yaƙin Duniya Na fara aiki a watan Agusta na 1914, Cole ya sami kwamiti a Rundunar Sojan Ostiraliya, yana aiki tare da Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta 55 (Collingwood). Ya yi murabus daga aikin sa na shiga Rundunar Sojojin Ostiraliya a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta. Janairu 1916, yana da niyyar zama matukin jirgi a rundunar jiragen sama ta Australiya. 

 Gabas ta Tsakiya 
alt=Aviator in military biplane with camera mounted on fuselage|left|thumb|Laftanar Cole a cikin lambar No. Rundunar 1 ta Martinsyde "Giwa" don leƙen asiri, Falasɗinu, 1917
An aika zuwa No.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwXg">&nbsp;</span>1 Squadron (wanda aka san shi har zuwa 1918 a matsayin No. 67 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps ), Cole ya tashi daga Melbourne a cikin jirgin HMAT A67 Orsova a ranar 16 ga Satumba. Maris 1916, yana kan hanyarsa ta zuwa Masar. An naɗa shi Laftanar na biyu a watan Yuni kuma ya fara horon matukan jirgin sama a watan Agusta. A farkon 1917, yana gudanar da ayyukan leƙen asiri da kuma leƙen asiri a Sinai da Falasɗinu. Ya shiga cikin wani misali na farko na haɗin gwiwar jiragen sama da na teku na ƙawance a ranar 25 ga watan Fabrairu. Fabrairu, yana jagorantar harba rokoki na sojojin ruwan Faransa a kan garin Jaffa na bakin teku ta hanyar rediyo daga jirginsa mai saukar ungulu na BE2. A ranar 20 ga watan Fabrairu. Afrilu, Cole da abokin aikinsa Laftanar Roy Maxwell Drummond sun kai hari kan jiragen sama shida na abokan gaba waɗanda ke barazanar jefa bam a kan sojojin dawaki na Allied, suna warwatse sansaninsu suna kuma bin su zuwa layinsu.  An ba wa sojojin sama biyu kyautar Soja Cross saboda ayyukansu; An buga ambaton Cole a cikin wani ƙarin bayani ga London Gazette a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu. Agusta 1917: 

Kwana bayan harin da ya kai masa harin Soja, Cole yana shawagi da jirgin Martinsyde G.100 "Elephant" a kan Tel el Sheria lokacin da aka harba shi da wuta ta ƙasa aka tilasta masa faɗuwa ƙasa a bayan layin abokan gaba; bayan ya kunna jirginsa, Kyaftin Richard Williams ya ɗauke shi ya cece shi. A ranar 26 ga watan Fabrairu. A watan Yuni, bayan wani hari na jiragen sama takwas da aka kai kan hedikwatar rundunar sojojin Turkiyya ta huɗu da ke Urushalima, Cole da wani matukin jirgi sun kamu da matsalar injin yayin da suke yin irin wannan aikin ceto wani abokin aikinsu da ya faɗi; dukkan sojojin sama uku an tilasta musu tafiya ta cikin ƙasar da babu kowa kafin wani ɗan sintiri na Doki Mai Sauƙi na Australiya ya ɗauke su.[1]

 Yammacin Gabar Teku 
alt=Military biplane on landing ground|left|thumb|Cole a cikin lamba No. 2 Squadron SE5, Lille, Nuwamba 1918

 Tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe 
alt=Poster of aviator's head in goggles, in a biplane, captioned "WORLD'S GREATEST AIR RACE" and "ENGLAND to AUSTRALIA", 1934–35|left|thumb|Mataimakin Cole ne ya jagoranci Gasar Jirgin Sama ta MacRobertson ta 1934
alt=Three-quarters portraits of two men in tropical military uniform|thumb|Air Vice Marshal Cole (hagu) a matsayin Babban Jami'in Sojan Sama Mai Kula da Yankin Arewa maso Yamma a Kogin Adelaide, Yankin Arewa, Satumba 1943

 Ritaya da gado 
alt=Five men in World War II military uniforms, standing on an airfield|left|thumb|Cole (daga hagu) a matsayin Jami'in Hulɗa na RAAF zuwa Rundunar Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya, tare da Babban Hafsan Hafsoshin Soja Sir Keith Park (tsakiya) da Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders (daga dama can nesa), kusa da Penang, kimanin Agusta 1945

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Rukuni:Matattun 1966