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Air Commandant '''Dame Nancy Marion Salmon''' {{post-nominals|size=100%|DBE}} (2 May 1906 – 9 October 1999), also known after 1962 by her married name, '''Dame Nancy Snagge''', was a senior British women's air force officer.<ref name="obit" /> She was Director of the [[Women's Royal Air Force]] (WRAF) from 1950 to 1956.<ref name="obit" /> |
Air Commandant '''Dame Nancy Marion Salmon''' {{post-nominals|size=100%|DBE}} (2 May 1906 – 9 October 1999), also known after 1962 by her married name, '''Dame Nancy Snagge''', was a senior British women's air force officer.<ref name="obit" /> She was Director of the [[Women's Royal Air Force]] (WRAF) from 1950 to 1956.<ref name="obit" /> |
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==Honours== |
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She was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)]] in 1946, and elevated to [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
She was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)]] in 1946, and elevated to [[Dame Commander]] of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1955.<ref name="LG DBE">{{London Gazette |issue= 40366 |date= 31 December 1954 |page= 9 |supp= y }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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<ref name="obit">"Dame Nancy Snagge." Times [London, England] 30 |
<ref name="obit">"Dame Nancy Snagge." Times [London, England] 30 November 1999: 27. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 April 2013.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 6 October 2022
Air Commandant Dame Nancy Marion Salmon DBE (2 May 1906 – 9 October 1999), also known after 1962 by her married name, Dame Nancy Snagge, was a senior British women's air force officer.[1] She was Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1950 to 1956.[1]
Early life
[edit]Salmon was born in Hampstead the daughter of a chartered accountant and she was educated at Notting Hill High School.[1] In 1938 she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service as a driver.[1]
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
[edit]Salmon transferred from the ATS to the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in 1939 when it was formed and her first posting was a barrage balloon unit.[1] She later spent time as officer in charge of personnel at Fighter Command, RAF Stanmore before becoming a staff officer at No 77 Signals Wing in Liverpool.[1] She was later responsible for WAAF radar operators.[1] At the end of the 1940s she helped with drafting regulations and a plan for more integration with the Royal Air Force which led to the formation of the Women's Royal Air Force.[1] Salmon was a staff officer in early 1950 with the British Air Forces of Occupation in Germany before becoming Director of the Women's Royal Air Force in July 1950.[1] Salmon retired from the WRAF in 1956.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Following retirement from the WRAF she cared for her mother before becoming head of personnel in the John Lewis partnership.[1] At her new job she met a company director Geoffrey Snagge, a widower and they married in 1962.[1] She died at Winchester, Hampshire on 9 October 1999.
Honours
[edit]She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1946, and elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1955.[2]