Please answer the following question: What key details about colin mckay grierson can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: air commodore colin mckay grierson cbe -lrb- 16 june 1906 -- 1991 -rrb- was a senior officer in the royal air force during and after world war ii . he joined the royal air force -lrb- raf -rrb- as an aircraft apprentice in 1921 . in 1925 he became a flight cadet sergeant . in 1927 he was on the staff of raf calshot with the rank of pilot officer . during the 1930s he held a number of different positions in the raf as armament and engineering officer . on 1 january 1941 he worked on the air staff in the directorate of plans . on 20 may 1944 he became assistant chief of staff a2 -lrb- intelligence -rrb- , supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force -lrb- shaef -rrb- with the rank of acting air commodore . at a press briefing two days after the dresden raid on 14 february 1945 , grierson told journalists : one of the journalists asked whether the principal aim of bombing of dresden would be to cause confusion among the refugees or to blast communications carrying military supplies . grierson answered that the primary aim was communications to prevent them moving military supplies , and to stop movement in all directions if possible . he then added in an offhand remark that the raid also helped destroying '' what is left of german morale '' howard cowan , an associated press war correspondent , subsequently filed a story saying that the allies had resorted to terror bombing . this set in train a number of embarrassing questions on both sides of the atlantic on the morality of this form of attack . he retired from the raf on 31 august 1950 with the rank of air commodore .
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- placeofburial label is place of burial- battles is world war ii- allegiance is united kingdom- birth date is 16 june 1906- name is colin mckay grierson- branch is united kingdom- death place is 1991- rank is air commodore