Charles Ness

Sir Charles Ness
Air Vice Marshall Sir Charles E. Ness RAF
Born(1924-04-04)4 April 1924
Died13 September 1994(1994-09-13) (aged 70)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1943–83
RankAir Marshal
CommandsAir Member for Personnel (1980–83)
HQ Southern Maritime Air Region (1975–76)
RAF Steamer Point in Aden (1965–67)
British Joint Trials Force (1962–65)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Marshal Sir Charles Ernest Ness, KCB, CBE (4 April 1924 – 13 September 1994) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

RAF career

Air Commodore Charles Ness chats with then Prince Charles Gibraltar 1973

Ness joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 and served as an observer during the Second World War.[1] In 1965 he became Officer Commanding the RAF Steamer Point in Aden where he had to cope with the growing terrorist threat.[1] He became deputy director of Manning at the Ministry of Defence in 1967, Air Commander in Gibraltar in 1971 and Director of Organisation and Administration Plans in 1974.[1] He went on to be Commander at Headquarters Southern Maritime Air Region in 1975, Director-General of Personnel Management in 1976 and Air Member for Personnel in 1980 before retiring in 1983.[1]

In retirement he became Chairman of the Air League.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Ness
  2. ^ Air League Flight International, 14 February 1990
Military offices
Preceded by Air Member for Personnel
1980–1983 		Succeeded by