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Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Neville Stack KCB CVO CBE AFC (19 October 1919 – 26 January 1994) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Early life

Stack was born on 19 October 1919, the son of aviation pioneer T. Neville Stack. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1935 as a flight cadet at RAF College Cranwell.1 He gained a permanent commission on 29 July 19392 and passed out of the college with the Sword of Honour. He spent his war service with Coastal Command serving on flying boats until transferring to Transport Command in the late 1950s including a tour as Deputy Captain of the Queen's Flight.3

Air Staff officer

In 1967 Stack became commandant of the RAF College Cranwell before moving on in 1970 as a representative with CENTO.4 In December 1972 he was appointed as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Training Command5 then moved in the same role at RAF Strike Command.6 Between 1976 and 1978 he was Air ADC to the Queen.7 From February 19768 he was Air Secretary before he retired at his own request in 1978.9

Civil life

On retirement from the air force, Stack became a Gentleman Usher to the Queen10 and from 1989 Extra Gentleman Usher.11 He also became a Freeman of the City of London. Stack died in London on 26 January 1994, aged 74.

Notes

References

  1. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Stack http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Stack_TN.htm ↩

  2. "No. 34700". The London Gazette. 3 October 1939. p. 6657. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34700/page/6657 ↩

  3. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Stack http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Stack_TN.htm ↩

  4. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Stack http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Stack_TN.htm ↩

  5. "No. 45867". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1973. p. 98. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45867/supplement/98 ↩

  6. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Stack http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Stack_TN.htm ↩

  7. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Stack http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Stack_TN.htm ↩

  8. "No. 46839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 March 1976. p. 3191. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46839/supplement/3191 ↩

  9. "No. 47474". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 February 1978. p. 2586. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47474/supplement/2586 ↩

  10. "No. 47466". The London Gazette. 17 February 1978. p. 2131. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47466/page/2131 ↩

  11. "No. 51910". The London Gazette. 20 October 1989. p. 12079. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51910/page/12079 ↩