Sir Victor Hubert Tait | |
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Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 8 July 1892
Died | 27 November 1988 | (aged 96)
Allegiance | Canada United Kingdom |
Service/ | Canadian Expeditionary Force (c. 1915–16) British Army (1916–18) Royal Air Force (1918–46) |
Years of service | 1915–1946 |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands | Egyptian Air Force |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the Nile (Egypt) Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Other work | President of the British Ice Hockey Association (1958–71) |
Air Vice Marshal Sir Victor Hubert Tait, KBE, CB (8 July 1892 – 27 November 1988) was a Canadian-born soldier and airman who served with the Royal Canadian Engineers, the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Air Force, and the Egyptian Air Force. He represented Great Britain at ice hockey in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In later life, he was an executive of BOAC.