Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier, was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
Sir Frederick and Lady Rosier outside St Clement Danes (April 1995)
Rosier in 1968 with several World War II aces
RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It operated throughout the Second World War, winning fa
Frederick Rosier
…the Joint Services Staff College in 1950. He went on to be group captain operations at Central Fighter Establishment in 1952, group captain plans at RAF Fighter Command in 1954 and aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1956. He was made director of joint plans at the Air Ministry in 1958, air officer commanding Air Forces Middle…
RAF Fighter Command badge
Shot of the fighter pilots of the Polish 303 Squadron, 1940. Foreign fighter squadrons began forming in July 1940.
A Spitfire tipping the wing of a V-1, which disrupted the missile's automatic pilot during Operation Crossbow, 1944.
The supersonic fighter English Electric Lightning, a mainstay of Fighter Command during the Cold War years