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{{Short description|Royal Air Force air vice marshal (1883–1958)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir Charles
|image= File:Brig-Gen Charles Longcroft.jpg
|caption= Brigadier-General Charles Longcroft in 1916/17
|nickname= ▼
|birth_place= Llanarth, Cardiganshire▼
|birth_date= {{birth date|1883|05|13|df=yes}}
|death_place=Paddington, London, England▼
▲|birth_place= Llanarth, [[Cardiganshire]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1958|02|20|1883|05|13|df=yes}}
▲|nickname=
|allegiance=
|serviceyears= c.
|rank= [[Air Vice Marshal]]
|unit=
▲|branch= [[British Army]]<br/>{{air force|United Kingdom}}
|commands= Inland Area (1926–29)<br/>[[Royal Air Force College Cranwell|RAF Cranwell]] (1919–23)<br/>III Brigade RAF (1918)<br/>Training Division RFC (1917–18)<br/>V Brigade RFC (1916–17)<br/>2nd Wing RFC (1916)<br/>[[No. 4 Squadron RFC]] (1915)<br/>[[No. 1 Squadron RFC]] (1914–15)
|battles= [[First World War
|awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]]<br/>[[
|relations=
|laterwork= [[Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod]]
}}
[[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft''',
▲[[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft''', [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|AFC]] (13 May 1883 – 20 February 1958) was a pilot and squadron commander in the [[Royal Flying Corps]] who went on to become a senior commander in the [[Royal Air Force]].
==Early years==
Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft was born on 13 May
Charles Longcroft was educated at [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]], attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], before May 1903 and was then commissioned into the [[Welch Regiment]].
==First World War
By 1914, Longcroft had been promoted to [[Major (rank)|major]] and was appointed Officer Commanding [[No. 1 Squadron RFC]].
==Royal Air Force commander==
With the establishment of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, Longcroft transferred to the new service on a temporary basis. In
On 1 November 1919, Longcroft was appointed as the first commandant of the
==Later years==
On 27 April
From 1932 Longcroft died in London on 20 February 1958. His widow, Lady Longcroft, died in 1964.<ref ==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Longcroft.htm Air of Authority
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