Charles Broughton
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Sir Charles Broughton
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| Born | 27 April 1911 New Zealand |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1930–1968 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held | Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1966–68) RAF Stornoway (1941) No. 48 Squadron (1941) |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (4) |
Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton KBE, CB, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (27 April 1911 – 17 May 1998) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Member for Supply and Organisation.
RAF career
Broughton joined the Royal Air Force in 1930.[1] He served in the Second World War as Officer Commanding No. 48 Squadron and then as Station Commander at RAF Stornoway before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 15 Group.[1] He continued his war service as Senior Personnel Staff Officer at Headquarters Air Defence Eastern Mediterranean and then as a member of the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College (Overseas) in Haifa.[1]
After the war he was on the staff at Headquarters RAF Flying Training Command and then at the Air Ministry.[1] He was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Transport Command in 1958, Director-General of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1961 and UK Permanent Military Deputy at CENTO in 1965 before becoming Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1966,[2] and retiring in 1968.[1]
References
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| Preceded by | Air Member for Supply and Organisation 1966–1968 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Prickett |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton
- ↑ Chief of Training Command The Times, 5 April 1966
