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Code	DS/UK/9966
Name	Bernard; Air Chief Marshal; Percy (30 August 1904-8 February 1979); 5th Earl of Bandon, GBE CB CVO DSO; Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Royal Air Force commander
Variations of Name	Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard
Dates	30 August 1904-8 February 1979
Gender	Male (cisgender)
Place of Birth/Origin	Gillingham, England (born)
Relationships	Son of Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Percy Hamilton Bernard and Lettice Mina Paget (daughter of Captain Gerald Cecil Stewart Paget, son of Lord Alfred Paget) Twin sibling Spouse of Lois Russell Former spouse of Maybel Elizabeth Playfair
Biography	Air Chief Marshal Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who served as a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century. He was a squadron, station and group commander during the Second World War, and the fifth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps after the war. He was awarded the American Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star Medal in 1946.

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