Allan Hesketh

Air Vice Marshal Allan Hesketh, CB, CBE, DFC (5 July 1899 – 9 March 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Allan Hesketh
Born5 July 1899
Died9 March 1973
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1918–1954
RankAir Vice Marshal
Commands heldNo. 150 Squadron
No. 53 Base
No. 54 Base
No. 3 Group
No. 23 Group
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross

RAF career

Hesketh was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 13 September 1918 during the First World War.[1] He became officer commanding, No. 150 Squadron in March 1939[2] and served in the Second World War as base commander of No. 53 Base and then as base commander of No. 54 Base.[2]

After the war he became Senior Air Staff Officer, No. 3 Group in December 1945, air attaché in Nanjing in October 1946 and Air Officer Commanding, No. 3 Group in December 1948.[3] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 Group in September 1951[4] and Air Officer Commanding, Headquarters, RAF Flying Training Command in April 1952 before retiring in July 1954.[2]

References
  1. "No. 30905". The London Gazette. 17 September 1918. p. 11097.
  2. "Air Vice Marshal A. Hesketh". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. "Air Notes". Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. "Senior RAF appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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