Geoffrey Bromet
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Central Bank, Defence Science Organisation, Doctor of Laws  was a senior Royal Air Force  officer during the Second World War and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Manitoba from 1945 to 1952.
Education

Bromet attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then served as a Flight Commander in the First World War, being commended for his service at Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding Number.

Career

1 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service and then Number. 8 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service. In 1919 he was commissioned permanently as a major in the Royal Air Force. After commanding the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, he was appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Area in 1931, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Middle East in 1933 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Coastal Command in 1936.

He served in the Second World War as Air Officer Commanding Number.

19 Group and then as Air Officer Commanding Number. 247 Group before retiring at his own request in 1945.

In 1945 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Manitoba and served until 1952.