William Mann (RAF officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British flying ace of the World War I
Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1899
Place of Birth: Brentford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-May-1966
Profession: flying ace
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About William Mann (RAF officer)
- Air Commodore William Edward George Mann CB, CBE, DFC (20 April 1899 – 4 May 1966) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and a flying ace of the First World War credited with thirteen confirmed aerial victories.
- In later years, he specialized in signals and communications work, and was instrumental in developing mobile radars and signal units for the RAF in the Second World War.After his retirement from military service, Mann became the Director of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Civil Aviation from 1948 to 1950.
- He then became Director-General of Civil Aviation Navigational Services until his final retirement in 1959.
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