Charles Burnett (RAF officer)
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1882-1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, KCB, CBE, DSO (3 April 1882 – 9 April 1945) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century. He was Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command during the early 1930s. During the Second World War, he served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Sir Charles Burnett | |
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Birth name | Charles Stuart Burnett |
Born | (1882-04-03)3 April 1882 Browns Valley, Minnesota, United States |
Died | 9 April 1945(1945-04-09) (aged 63) RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1899–1909 1914–45 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands held | RAAF Chief of the Air Staff (1940–42) Inspector-General of the RAF (1939–40) Training Command (1936–39) Inland Area (1935–36) Iraq Command (1932–34) Central Flying School (1927–28) RAF Leuchars (1922) No. 29 Group (1921–22) Mesopotamian Wing (1920) Fifth Wing, RFC (1917–19) No. 12 Squadron RFC (1916–17) No. 36 Squadron RFC (1916) |
Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (7) Commander of the Order of the Nile (Egypt) Knight of the Order of the Sword (Sweden) |
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