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CodeDS/UK/8817
NameMellersh; Sir; Francis John Williamson (1898-1955); British air force commander
Dates1898-1955
GenderMale
BiographyAir Vice Marshal Sir Francis John Williamson Mellersh KBE, AFC, RAF (22 September 1898 – 25 May 1955) was a World War I pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service credited with five aerial victories, and a senior Royal Air Force commander during World War II. He was killed in a bizarre helicopter accident in 1955.

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