Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton, (27 April 1911 – 17 May 1998) was a

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officer who served as Air Member for Supply and Organisation from 1966 until his retirement in 1968.

RAF career

Broughton joined the Royal Air Force in 1930.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton
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as Officer Commanding No. 48 Squadron and then as Station Commander at RAF Stornoway before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 15 Group. 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

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. After the war he was on the staff at Headquarters RAF Flying Training Command and then at the

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. 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

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in 1965 before becoming Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1966,Chief of Training Command
The Times, 5 April 1966 and retiring in 1968.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Charles 1911 births 1998 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Air Force air marshals Royal Air Force personnel of World War II