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[[Air Marshal]] '''Sir Charles Roderick Carr''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DFC|AFC}} (31 August 1891 – 15 December 1971) was a senior [[Royal Air Force]] commander from New Zealand. He held high command in the [[Second World War]] and served as [[Chief of Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Indian Air Force]].

==MilitaryEducation and military career==

Educated at Fieldinga SchoolFeilding public school and [[Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington College, New Zealand]], Carr was commissioned as a temporary flight sub-lieutenant in the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] in July 1915.<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74578|title=Carr, Sir (Charles) Roderick|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/74578|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> He saw action as a spotter at the [[Battle of Loos]] in October 1915 during the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref name=odnb/>

In 1919, Carr went to Russia to fight on the [[White movement|anti-Bolshevist]] side in the [[Russian Civil War|civil war]], where he won his [[Distinguished Flying Cross (British)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for action against the enemy. The citation was as follows:<ref name=air>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Carr_CR.htm|title=Air Marshal Sir Roderick Carr|publisher=Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref>