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sir in 1956 . -lrb- pike is shown on the right thomas -rrb- pike with the luftwaffe general josef kammhuber 1924 -- 1967 united kingdom no. operations room unit officers ' advanced training school no. 11 219 group raf fighter command chief of the air staff squadron raf north weald no. 1 mobile raf halton , buckinghamshire , england 01 june 1983 lewisham , london , england united kingdom knight commander of the order of the british empire distinguished flying grand cross & bar mention in despatches cross of the order of the bath world war ii 29 june 1906 marshal of the royal air force kammhuber and pike.jpg thomas pike
 sir thomas geoffrey pike
thomas pike

marshal of the royal air force sir thomas geoffrey pike gcb cbe dfc & bar dl -lrb- 29 june 1906 -- 1 june 1983 -rrb- was a senior officer in the royal air force .
he served in world war ii as a night fighter squadron commander and then as a station commander .
he was chief of the air staff in the early 1960s and , in that role , deployed british air power as part of the british response to the brunei revolt .
also , in the face of escalating costs , he implemented the cancellation of the british blue streak ballistic missile system but then found the raf was without any such capability when the americans cancelled their own skybolt ballistic missile system .
he went on to be deputy supreme commander supreme headquarters allied powers europe in the mid-1960s .
