Cameron Turner
Royal New Zealand Air Force officer
About Cameron Turner
Lived 1915 – 1999 (aged 83–84).
Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer Turner, (29 August 1915 – 26 November 1999) was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, who served as Chief of Air Staff from 1966 to 1969.
Turner joined the Royal Air Force in 1936, before being commissioned in the RNZAF in 1940 and serving in the Second World War. He would go on to command four RNZAF stations, to hold a number of staff appointments, and was Air Member for Supply before being appointed head of the RNZAF. In retirement, he was director of the New Zealand Inventions Development Authority (1969–1976) and president of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Association (1972–1981).
Turner was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 New Year Honours, and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours.
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Who was Cameron Turner?
Royal New Zealand Air Force officer
When was Cameron Turner born?
Cameron Turner was born in 1915.
When did Cameron Turner die?
Cameron Turner died in 1999.
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· DBpedia: Cameron Turner (RNZAF officer)
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