Robert Foster (RAF officer)

Sir Robert Mordaunt Foster
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (left), Lady Tedder, and Air Vice Marshal Foster in the Officers' Mess of No. 8 Wing SAAF at Campoformido, Udine, Italy.
Born	(1898-09-03)3 September 1898 Richmond, Surrey, England
Died	23 October 1973(1973-10-23) (aged 75) Suffolk, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–54)
Years of service	1914–54
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands held	Second Tactical Air Force (1951–53) Home Command (1949–51) No. 3 Group (1946–47) RAF Italy (1946) RAF Austria (1945–46) Desert Air Force (1944–45) RAF Malta (1944) No. 213 Group (1942–43) No. 214 Group (1942) RAF Wyton (1940–41) No. 110 Squadron (1939–40) No. 15 Squadron (1933–35)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath[1] Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches (5) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)[2]
Other work	Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk

Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Mordaunt Foster, KCB, CBE, DFC, DL (3 September 1898 – 23 October 1973) was a Royal Flying Corps pilot in the First World War, and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years.