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Air Vice Marshal A Hesketh
Allen b: 5 Jul 1899 r: 8 Jul 1954 d: 9 Mar 1973
CB - 1 Jan 1946, CBE - 1 Jan 1944 (OBE - 1 Jan 1941), DFC -12 Jul 1920, MiD - 1 Jan 1943, MiD - 8 Jun 1944, CEng, MRAeS, MIEE.
2 Lt: 13 Sep 1918, Plt Off: 1 Aug 1919, Obs Off: 18 May 1920?, Fg Off: 12 Jun 1922?, Flt Lt: 1 Jul 1927, Sqn Ldr: 1 Apr 1936, Wg Cdr: 1 Mar 1939, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1941, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx xxxx, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1944, Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1944, A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1946, AVM: 1 Jan 1949.
xx xxx 1918: Observer, No 205 Sqn
xx xxx 1919: Observer, No 47 Sqn (South Russia)
xx xxx 1919: Staff, HQ South Russia.
20 Jul 1920: Observer, No 4 Sqn.
xx xxx 1922: U/T Pilot, No 2 FTS.
11 Apr 1923: ?, RAF Base Calshot.
20 Jul 1923: Staff, School of Naval Co-operation.
27 Sep 1927: Personnel Staff, HQ RAF Mediterranean.
20 Nov 1932: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
16 Jan 1933: Flight Commander, No 13 Sqn.
8 Oct 1934: Adjutant, No 2 FTS.
14 Feb 1936: Officer Commanding, No 2 APC, North Coates Fittes.
15 Nov 1937: Air Staff, HQ No 23 (Training) Group.
13 Mar 1939: Officer Commanding, No 150 Sqn. (Battles, Wellingtons)
3 Dec 1940: Air Staff, HQ No 1 Group.
24 Sep 1941: SASO, HQ No 2 (Bomber) Group.
xx xxx xxxx: AOC, No 53 Base (Waddington)
27 Dec 1945:
SASO, No 3 Group.
19 Oct 1946: Air Attaché, Nanking.
14 Dec 1948: AOC, No 3 Group
15 Apr 1952: AOA, HQ Flying Training Command.
He was wounded during a low level reconnaissance sortie on 22 October 1918 whilst flying in DH9A, F1048 'T'.
On 8 February 1922, he was flying with Flight Lieutenant R C Jenkins in Avro 504K (H9829) as his instructor. The aircraft failed to climb after take-off and struck telegraph wires on the Farnborough Road followed by the left wing striking a tree and the aircraft coming down on its nose. Allen Hesketh was either thrown out or jumped out before the aircraft came to rest, but Jenkins suffered a fractured skull and died later that afternoon in hospital.
He carried out the first missions from RAF Newton in October 1940.
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