Read the bio below and try to give details on edward leonard ellington 's: - death place - branch - caption - battles - death date - allegiance - commands - awards - birth date - serviceyears - name - image size - image - birth place - rank Bio: marshal of the royal air force sir edward leonard ellington -lrb- 30 december 1877 -- 13 june 1967 -rrb- was a senior officer in the royal air force . he served in world war i as a staff officer and then as director-general of military aeronautics and subsequently as controller-general of equipment . in the inter-war years he held command positions in the middle east , in india and then in iraq . he served as chief of the air staff in the mid-1930s and in that role he implemented a plan , known as ' scheme f ' , to increase the size of the royal air force to 187 squadrons -lrb- five bomber squadrons for every two fighter squadrons reflecting the dominance of the bomber strategy at the time -rrb- within three years to counter the threat from hitler 's germany . he also broke up the command known as '' air defence of great britain '' to create raf fighter command , raf bomber command , raf coastal command and raf training command . he then served as inspector-general of the raf until his retirement in 1940 .
- death place is wandsworth , london- branch is united -lrb- 1918 -- 40 -rrb- kingdom -lrb- 1897 -- 18 -rrb- united kingdom- caption is marshal of the royal air force sir edward ellington- battles is world war i world war ii- death date is 13 june 1967- allegiance is united kingdom- commands is inspector-general air member for personnel air defence of great britain iraq of command raf india raf middle east the raf chief of the air staff- awards is knight companion of the order of st michael and st george grand commander of the order of the british empire mention in cross despatches -lrb- 4 -rrb- legion of honour -lrb- france -rrb- of order of saint stanislaus -lrb- russia -rrb- the order of the bath- birth date is 30 december 1877- serviceyears is 1897 -- 1940- name is edward leonard ellington- image size is 250px- image is marshal of the raf sir edward ellington.jpg- birth place is kensington , london- rank is marshal of the royal air force