Patrick Playfair
Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, 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, co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon.