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| − | Rear-Admiral '''Godfrey Marshall Paine''', KCB, MVO (21 November, 1871 – 23 March, 1932) was an | + | Rear-Admiral '''Godfrey Marshall Paine''', KCB, MVO (21 November, 1871 – 23 March, 1932) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] and later served as an officer in the Royal Air Force. He was the only holder of the office of [[Fifth Sea Lord]] in the ''dreadnought era'', being the most qualified airman in the Royal Navy. He was the first Commandant of the [[Central Flying School]] and of the [[Central Depot and Training Establishment]], Cranwell (otherwise known as [[HMS Daedalus (RNAS)|HMS ''Daedalus'']]). He became Director of Naval Aviation and the first Fifth Sea Lord in 1917, a post he held until naval responsibility for air matters ended with the creation of the Air Council in 1918. He was then made Major-General in the RAF and made Master-General of Personnel on the Air Council (the Air equivalent of the [[Board of Admiralty]]). He was promoted Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1919 and retired from the Royal Air Force on 12 May, 1920. |
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Rear-Admiral Godfrey Marshall Paine, KCB, MVO (21 November, 1871 – 23 March, 1932) was an officer of the Royal Navy and later served as an officer in the Royal Air Force. He was the only holder of the office of Fifth Sea Lord in the dreadnought era, being the most qualified airman in the Royal Navy. He was the first Commandant of the Central Flying School and of the Central Depot and Training Establishment, Cranwell (otherwise known as HMS Daedalus). He became Director of Naval Aviation and the first Fifth Sea Lord in 1917, a post he held until naval responsibility for air matters ended with the creation of the Air Council in 1918. He was then made Major-General in the RAF and made Master-General of Personnel on the Air Council (the Air equivalent of the Board of Admiralty). He was promoted Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1919 and retired from the Royal Air Force on 12 May, 1920.
