Chester Hull
{{Short description|Canadian Forces officer}}
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|birth_date={{birth date|1919|4|19}}
|death_date={{dda|2012|4|9|1919|4|19}}
|birth_place=Edinburgh, Scotland
|death_place= Belleville, Ontario
|allegiance= {{flag|Canada}}
|branch= 20px Royal Canadian Air Force / Canadian Forces
|serviceyears= 1939-1974
|rank= General
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|commands=RCAF Air Defence Command
RCAF Air Transport Command
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|awards= Commander of the Order of Military Merit
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Lieutenant-General A. Chester Hull CMM, DFC, CD (April 19, 1919 – April 9, 2012) was a Canadian Forces officer who became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada.
Career
Hull joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and, after graduating from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1939, served in World War II as a bomber pilot with 420 squadron and then 428 Squadron before becoming Senior Operations Controller of No. 6 Group RCAF in 1944.[http://www.427squadron.com/remember.html 427 Squadron Association] He became Commanding Officer of RCAF Clinton in 1947, Base Commander and commander of No. 3 (Fighter) Wing at Zweibrücken and Chief of Staff of Air Defence Command in 1962. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Air Defence Command and then Air Officer Commanding Air Transport Command before becoming Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1972 and retiring in 1974. He died in April 2012.[http://www.canadianobituaries.com/lt-gen-a-chester-hull-obituary.html Hull, Lt. Gen. A. Chester - (Ret’d), CMM, DFC, CD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001201805/http://www.canadianobituaries.com/lt-gen-a-chester-hull-obituary.html |date=2013-10-01 }} Canadian obituaries
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Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)
Category:Vice chiefs of the Defence Staff (Canada)
Category:Canadian Forces Air Command generals
Category:Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II