Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, K.C.8., C.8., 0.8. E., D.5.0., whose death after an illness is reported from London. A former Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Sir Charles was Inspector-General of the R.A.F. from 1939 to 1940. During two years in Australia, says The Times, London, he built the Royal Australian Air Force from a few planes and a handful of personnel into a powerful striking force, and helped to make Australia one of the world's major air training , centres.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 85, 11 April 1945, Page 5
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80Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, K.C.8., C.8., 0.8. E., D.5.0., whose death after an illness is reported from London. A former Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Sir Charles was Inspector-General of the R.A.F. from 1939 to 1940. During two years in Australia, says The Times, London, he built the Royal Australian Air Force from a few planes and a handful of personnel into a powerful striking force, and helped to make Australia one of the world's major air training , centres. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 85, 11 April 1945, Page 5
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