Allan Hesketh Explained

Allan Hesketh
Birth Date:5 July 1899
Death Date:9 March 1973
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Air Force
Serviceyears:1918–1954
Rank:Air Vice Marshal
Commands:No. 150 Squadron
No. 53 Base
No. 54 Base
No. 3 Group
No. 23 Group
Battles:First World War
Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross

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

RAF career

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

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.[2] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 Group in September 1951[3] and Air Officer Commanding, Headquarters, RAF Flying Training Command in April 1952 before retiring in July 1954.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Air Vice Marshal A. Hesketh. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 28 June 2020.
  2. Air Notes. Royal United Services Institution. Journal . 1949 . 94 . 573 . 142–152 . 10.1080/03071844909424022 . 28 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Senior RAF appointments. 28 June 2020.