Patrick Playfair

Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, (22 November 1889 – 23 November 1974) was a commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force until his retirement during the Second World War.

In 1945 Playfair published Warfare Today: How Modern Battles Are Planned and Fought on Land, at Sea, and in the Air,^[1] co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon.

• Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Patrick Playfair

• Bacon, Reginald; Fuller, J. F. C.; Playfair, Patrick, eds. (1944). Warfare Today: How Modern Battles Are Planned and Fought on Land, at Sea, and in the Air. London: Odhams. OCLC 2758661.
• Playfair, Patrick; Jarvis, John (1979). "Pip" Playfair, A Founding Father of the RAF. Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. ISBN 0-7223-1323-3..