Marten van der Veen

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Marten van der Veen
Born (1946-01-22) 22 January 1946 (age 76)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1963–99
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands held RAF Staff College, Bracknell (1996–97)
RAF St Athan (1994–95)
RAF Cosford (1989–91)

Air Vice Marshal Marten van der Veen (born 22 January 1946) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.

RAF career

Educated at King's College School and Magdalen College, Oxford, Van der Veen joined the Royal Air Force in 1963. [1] He became Officer Commanding the Engineering Wing at RAF Brawdy in 1980, Engineering Inspector of Flight Safety at the Ministry of Defence in 1982 and Director of Defence Studies (RAF) in 1985. [2]

He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Cosford in 1989, Director of Support Policy (RAF) in 1991 and Station Commander at RAF St Athan in 1994. [3] After, he became Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1996 [4] and Director-General of Support Management in 1997 before retiring in 1999. [2]

In retirement, Van der Veen became bursar of Balliol College, Oxford. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "The air aspects of the Suez Campaign – 1956" (PDF). Royal Air Force Historical Society. p. 77. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; ISBN   978-1-4081-1414-8
  3. ↑ "Service appointments". The Independent. 19 March 1994. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Senior Royal Air Force appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell
1996–1997		Succeeded by
Post disbanded
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