{{Short description|Royal Air Force commander}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox military person |name= Sir Reginald Emson |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1912|01|11|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= {{death date and age|1995|03|27|1912|01|11|df=yes}} |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |service_years= 1930–1969 |rank= Air Marshal |service_number= |unit= |commands= Inspector-General of the RAF (1967–69)<br/>Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (1966–67) |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire<br/>Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Air Force Cross<br/>Mentioned in Despatches |relations= |other_work= }} Air Marshal '''Sir Reginald Herbert Embleton Emson''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|AFC}} (11 January 1912 – 27 March 1995) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the post-Second World War years.
== Education == Emson attended Christ's Hospital.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Who's Who 1995 |date=12 January 1995 |publisher=A & C Black Publishers Ltd |isbn=9780713639957 |edition=147th}}</ref>
==RAF career== Emson joined the Royal Air Force in 1930.<ref name=air>{{Cite web|title=R H E Emson|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Emson_RHE.htm|access-date=2022-12-29|website=www.rafweb.org}}</ref> He became an Armament Officer in 1936 and served in the Second World War in the Technical Branch.<ref name=air/> After the war he became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) and then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1966 before becoming Inspector-General of the RAF in 1967,<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200071.html New DCAS] Flight International, 12 January 1967</ref> and retiring in 1969.<ref name=air/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Sir Christopher Hartley}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of the Air Staff|years=1966–1967}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Peter Wykeham}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sir Augustus Walker}} {{s-ttl|title=Inspector-General of the RAF|years=1967–1969}} {{s-non|reason=Post disbanded}} {{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emson, Reginald}} Category:1912 births Category:1995 deaths Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Category:Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Royal Air Force air marshals Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II