What key details about william dickson -lrb- raf officer -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: marshal of the royal air force sir william forster dickson -lrb- 24 september 1898 -- 12 september 1987 -rrb- was a royal naval air service aviator during the first world war , a middle-ranking royal air force officer during the inter-war years and a senior royal air force commander during and after the second world war . dickson was chief of the air staff in the mid-1950s , in which role his main preoccupation was the establishment of the v force and the necessary supporting weapons , airfields and personnel . he also served as the first chief of the defence staff in the late 1950s .
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- death place is raf hospital , wroughton- branch is united -lrb- 1918 -- 59 -rrb- kingdom -lrb- 1916 -- 18 -rrb- united kingdom- caption is dickson conference at the tactical headquarters of the 8th army , sitting near venafro , italy . down to afternoon tea while attending a- battles is first world war second world war- death date is 12 september 1987- allegiance is united kingdom- commands is chief staff raf mediterranean & middle east desert air force no of . & nbsp ; 83 group no . & nbsp the ; 10 group no . & nbsp ; 9 -lrb- defence fighter -rrb- group no . & nbsp ; 25 squadron staff chief of the air- awards is knight knight commander of the order of the british empire distinguished grand service order air force cross mention in despatches -lrb- 3 cross -rrb- order of suvorov -lrb- soviet union -rrb- legion of of merit -lrb- united states -rrb- the order of the bath- birth date is 24 september 1898- serviceyears is 1916 -- 1959- name is sir william forster dickson- image size is 250px- laterwork is master of the glass sellers ' company- image is air -rrb- . jpg vice-marshal dickson near venafro , italy -lrb- cropped- birth place is northwood , middlesex- rank is marshal of the royal air force