Charles William Nutting Explained

Charles William Nutting
Birth Date:15 April 1889
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Navy (1915–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–42)
Serviceyears:1915-42
Rank:Air Vice Marshal
Commands:No. 3 Flying Training School (1932–37)
RAF Hal Far (1929–31)
Battles:First World War
Second World War
Awards:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Cross
Mentioned in Despatches

Air Vice Marshal Charles William Nutting, (15 April 1889 – 25 February 1964) was a wireless officer in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, a Royal Air Force signals specialist during the inter-war years and the RAF's Director / Director-General of Signals during the first half of the Second World War. He retired from the RAF in 1942 and spent the remainder of the war as the Telecommunications Adviser to the British minister in the Middle East.

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