Alan Charlesworth, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alan Charlesworth

RAAF senior commander

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1904

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1978

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Alan Charlesworth

  • Air Vice Marshal Alan Moorehouse Charlesworth, CBE, AFC (17 September 1903 – 21 September 1978) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
  • Born in Tasmania, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and served with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment in Queensland before transferring to the Air Force in 1925.
  • Most of his pre-war flying career was spent with No.
  • 1 Squadron at RAAF Station Laverton, Victoria.
  • In 1932 he undertook a series of survey flights around Australia, earning the Air Force Cross.
  • Charlesworth's early wartime commands included No.
  • 2 Squadron at Laverton, and RAAF Station Pearce in Western Australia.
  • Appointed Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Eastern Area in December 1943, he was promoted temporary air commodore the following year and took over as AOC North-Western Area in Darwin, Northern Territory. Charlesworth's control of air operations during the North-Western Area Campaign led to his appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire following the end of World War II.
  • Retaining his wartime rank, he took charge of the newly formed School of Land/Air Warfare from 1947 until 1949, when he assumed command of RAAF Station Williamtown, New South Wales.
  • He was posted to Japan later that year as Chief of Staff, British Commonwealth Occupation Force, and organised support for RAAF units involved in the Korean War.
  • Returning to Australia in 1951, he was raised to acting air vice marshal and became AOC Southern Area.
  • Charlesworth's final appointment before retiring from the Air Force was commanding RAAF Overseas Headquarters, London, in 1954–55.
  • After leaving the military he served as Director of Recruiting in the late 1950s, and later as a judge's associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
  • He died at his home in Glen Iris, Victoria, in 1978.

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