Charles Broughton Explained

Sir Charles Broughton
Birth Date:27 April 1911
Birth Place:New Zealand
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Air Force
Serviceyears:1930–68
Rank:Air Marshal
Commands:Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1966–68)
RAF Stornoway (1941)
No. 48 Squadron (1941)
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches (4)

Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton, (27 April 1911 – 17 May 1998) was a Royal Air Force 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.[1] He served in the Second World War as Officer Commanding No. 48 Squadron and then as Station Commander at RAF Stornoway before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 15 Group.[1] 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 Haifa.[1]

After the war he was on the staff at Headquarters RAF Flying Training Command and then at the Air Ministry.[1] 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 CENTO in 1965 before becoming Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1966,[2] and retiring in 1968.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Broughton_C.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton
  2. http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1966-04-05-12&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1966-04-05-12-016&origPageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1966-04-05-12&origArticleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1966-04-05-12-016&offset=1622&xmlpath=&fromTopicPage=true&queryKeywords=Colour%20television&topicName=Colour%20television&topicId=405&currentPageNumber=163 Chief of Training Command