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George Croil
Air Marshal George Mitchell Croil CBE, AFC (June 5, 1893 – April 8, 1959) was a Royal Flying Corps pilot during World War I who went on to become the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was asked to step down as CAS in 1940 and Croil then served as the Inspector-General of the RCAF〔(Flight Global )〕 until his retirement in 1944〔(Juno Beach )〕 when the post of Inspector General was abolished.〔(Godfrey of the RCAF )〕
==Early and family life==
George Mitchell Croil was born on June 5, 1893 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America. His parents, Thomas Croil and Christian Mitchell, were Scottish immigrants to the United States. George Mitchell Croil was a first cousin of US Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, a pioneer of American military aviation.〔(RCAF )〕
When Croil was 11 years old, he moved, with his parents, to Montreal in Quebec where he attended the Westmount Academy from 1903 to 1907. From 1907 to 1911, Croil lived in Scotland, studying at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. Remaining in Great Britain, Croil studied Civil Engineering for the next two years.〔
In 1912 Croil moved to Ratnapura, Ceylon where he gained employment as an assistant superintendent with the Mahawale Tea and Rubber Estate. His duties included overseeing the work routines of 700 plantation workers and ensuring that the machinery was kept running.〔
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