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Air Marshal Sir Charles Guest (17013)
Charles Edward Neville b: 4 Oct 1900 r: 29 Aug 1956 d: 23 Jun 1977
KBE - 1 Jan 1954 (CBE - 1 Jan 1945, OBE - 23 Jun 1936), CB - 13 Jun 1946, MiD - 24 Sep 1941, MiD - 1 Jan 1942.
Plt Off (P): 21 Aug 1922, Plt Off: 21 Feb 1923, Fg Off: 21 Feb 1924, Flt Lt: 1 Jul 1929, Sqn Ldr: 1 Apr 1936, Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1939, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1941, Act A/Cdre: 12 Dec 1943?, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1944, Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1944, Act AVM: 14 Mar 1945, (T) AVM: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre (WS): 14 Mar 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Apr 1946, AVM: 1 Jan 1948, AM: 1 Jul 1953 [1 Jan 1953].
xx xxx 1918: Airman, RAF.
21 Aug 1922: U/T Pilot
14 Sep 1923: Pilot, No 30 Sqn.
1 Jul 1927: Test Pilot, No 15 Sqn. (Various Martlesham Heath)
14 Jan 1929: Test Pilot, No 22 Sqn. (Various Martlesham Heath)
20 Oct 1930: PA to Director of Operations and Intelligence.
22 Jan 1934: Attended RAF Staff College.
xx xxx xxxx: Staff Officer, Directorate of Operations and Intelligence
9 Feb 1935: Flight Commander, No 8 Sqn (Vincent Aden)
27 Apr 1936: Officer Commanding, No 12 Sqn. (Hart/Hind Aden/Andover)
2 Dec 1937: Seconded to British Military Mission, Egypt.
1 Dec 1940: SASO, HQ No 202 Group.
xx xxx 1941: SASO, HQ No 204 Group.
15 Sep 1942: Deputy Director of Organisation (1).
16 Dec 1943: AOC, No 229 Group.
xx Nov 1945: Air Officer, Transport Command, South-East Asia.
3 Mar 1946: SASO, HQ Air Command South East Asia
15 Jan 1947: AOC, No 1 Group.
6 Dec 1948: Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations).
3 Jun 1952: AOC in C, Transport Command.
19 Apr 1954: Inspector-General of the RAF. (until 31 Jul 1956)
Educated at King Edwards School, Birmingham. In 1929 whilst serving as a test pilot at the A. & A.E.E. (No 22 Sqn) he was a member of a two man aerobatic team equipped with Gloster Grebes using smoke.
As Inspector-General he carried out a review of the Accident Investigation Organisation in order to improve the RAFs safety record at the time. He was a representative of the RAF at the funeral of King George VI.
Immediately on retiring from the RAF, he was appointed as a Additional Aeronautical Adviser to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. From 1961, he acted as Advisor to BOAC on Flight Safety.
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