Charles Broughton

Sir Charles Broughton
Born	(1911-04-27)27 April 1911 New Zealand
Died	17 May 1998(1998-05-17) (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1930–68
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands	Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1966–68) RAF Stornoway (1941) No. 48 Squadron (1941)
Battles / wars	Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (4)

Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton, KBE, CB (27 April 1911 – 17 May 1998) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Member for Supply and Organisation from 1966 until his retirement in 1968.

RAF career

Broughton joined the Royal Air Force in 1930.[1] He served in the Second World War as Officer Commanding No. 48 Squadron and then as Station Commander at RAF Stornoway before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 15 Group.[1] He continued his war service as Senior Personnel Staff Officer at Headquarters Air Defence Eastern Mediterranean and then as a member of the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College (Overseas) in Haifa.[1]

After the war he was on the staff at Headquarters RAF Flying Training Command and then at the Air Ministry.[1] He was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Transport Command in 1958, Director-General of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1961 and UK Permanent Military Deputy at CENTO in 1965 before becoming Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1966,[2] and retiring in 1968.[1]

References

1. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughton
2. Chief of Training Command^[dead link‍] The Times, 5 April 1966

Military offices
Preceded by Sir John Davis	Air Member for Supply and Organisation 1966–1968	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Prickett