About Chalermkiat Watanangura
Lived 1914 – 1960 (aged 45). Chalermkiat Watanangura was a civil servant.
Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force Chalermkiat Watanangura (, ; 15 August 1914 – 14 April 1960) was a Thai air force officer and the Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force from 1957 until his death in an aircraft crash in Taipei, Taiwan. He briefly held cabinet level offices in 1957.
Chalermkiat was briefly the Thai Deputy Minister of Transport from 21 March to 10 August 1957. He then took up the post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture, serving from 10 August to 12 September 1957.
In 1960 Chalermkiat, his wife and sixteen other individuals were killed when the Royal Thai Air Force C-54 they were flying in crashed into Mount Wu Tse near Taipei, Taiwan after takeoff. Chalermkiat had been in Taipei attending a meeting of air chiefs from anti-communist governments from around the Pacific.
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Who was Chalermkiat Watanangura?
Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force
When was Chalermkiat Watanangura born?
Chalermkiat Watanangura was born on 15 August 1914.
When did Chalermkiat Watanangura die?
Chalermkiat Watanangura died on 14 April 1960.
What was Chalermkiat Watanangura's occupation?
Chalermkiat Watanangura was a civil servant.
What nationality was Chalermkiat Watanangura?
Chalermkiat Watanangura's recorded nationality: Siam.
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