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Air Vice Marshal Allan Hesketh, CB, CBE, DFC (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 and served in the Second World War as base commander of No. 53 Base and then as base commander of No. 54 Base.

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

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". Royal United Services Institution. Journal. 94 (573): 142–152. 1949. doi:10.1080/03071844909424022. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
4. "Senior RAF appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2020.

• 1899 births
• 1973 deaths
• Royal Air Force air marshals
• Companions of the Order of the Bath
• Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
• Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)