Cameron Turner (RNZAF officer) explained

Cameron Turner
Birth Date:29 August 1915
Birth Place:Whanganui, New Zealand
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Allegiance:United Kingdom
New Zealand
Branch:Royal Air Force (1936–40)
Royal New Zealand Air Force (1940–69)
Serviceyears:1936–1969
Rank:Air Vice-Marshal
Commands:Chief of Air Staff
RNZAF Station Ohakea
RNZAF Station Taieri
RNZAF Station Nausori
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer Turner, (29 August 1915 – 26 November 1999) was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, who served as Chief of Air Staff from 1966 to 1969.

Turner joined the Royal Air Force in 1936, before being commissioned in the RNZAF in 1940 and serving in the Second World War. He would go on to command four RNZAF stations, to hold a number of staff appointments, and was Air Member for Supply before being appointed head of the RNZAF. In retirement, he was director of the New Zealand Inventions Development Authority (1969–1976) and president of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Association (1972–1981).[1] [2]

Turner was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 New Year Honours, and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Turner, Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer, (29 Aug. 1915–26 Nov. 1999), Royal New Zealand Air Force, retired . . Oxford University Press . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U182445 . 1 December 2007.
  2. Web site: Online Cenotaph - Cameron Archer Turner . Auckland Museum . 13 November 2020.