Stanley Goble
RAAF Chief of the Air Staff (1891-1948) · Australia · On the map · Died at 56
Air Vice-Marshal Stanley James Goble was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served three terms as Chief of the Air Staff, alternating with Wing Commander Richard Williams.
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RAAF Air Board in 1928: Group Captain Goble, Director of Personnel and Training (front, left), with Air Commodore Williams, Chief of the Air Staff (front, centre)
Fairey IIID seaplane flown by Wing Commander Goble and Flying Officer McIntyre on their 1924 circumnavigation of Australia
Goble (left) and McIntyre on St Kilda Beach
Air Vice-Marshal Goble (left) as Air Liaison Officer to Canada, 1941
Jimmy Goble in 1943Awards
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Goble came to national attention in 1924 when he and fellow RAAF pilot Ivor McIntyre became the first men to circumnavigate Australia by air, journeying 13,600 kilometres (8,500 mi) in a single-engined floatplane.
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Lived 1891 to 1948 · aged 56