Allan Hesketh
Royal Air Force Air-Vice Marshal
About Allan Hesketh
Lived 1899 – 1973 (aged 73).
Air Vice Marshal Allan Hesketh, (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. 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.
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Who was Allan Hesketh?
Royal Air Force Air-Vice Marshal (1899-1973)
When was Allan Hesketh born?
Allan Hesketh was born on 5 July 1899.
When did Allan Hesketh die?
Allan Hesketh died on 9 March 1973.
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