High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Air Vice-Marshal William Hopton (Bill) Anderson CBE, DFC (30 December 1891 – 30 December 1975) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He flew with the Australian Flying Corps in World War I, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Belgian Croix de guerre, and leading Nos. 3 and 7 Squadrons. Anderson commanded the Australian Air Corps during its brief existence in 1920, before joining the fledgling RAAF the following year. Between the wars he primarily held posts on the Australian Air Board, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1934. During World War II he again served on the Air Board, interspersed with leadership of Central and Eastern Area Commands. In 1940 he acted as Chief of the Air Staff between the resignation of Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Goble in January and the arrival of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, RAF the next month. Anderson was Commandant of the RAAF Staff School from 1944 until his retirement in 1946. He died in 1975.