Charles Burnett (RAF officer)

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Charles Stuart Burnett
3 April 1882 – 9 April 1945
Sir Charles Burnett
Place of birth	Minnesota, USA
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands	Royal Australian Air Force
Battles/wars	Boer War World War I World War II
Awards	KCB CBE DSO MID

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, KCB, CBE, DSO (3 April 1882 – 9 April 1945) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century who went on to become the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force. He originally joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1914, having previously fought since 1904 as an infantryman in South Africa as part of the West African Frontier Force, where he contracted blackwater fever.

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• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chf Mshl Burnett

Military Offices
Preceded by C L Courtney	Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command 1932–1934	Succeeded by W G S Mitchell (as Commander of British Forces in Iraq)
Preceded by New Creation	Commander-in-Chief Training Command 1936–1939	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Longmore
Preceded by W Anderson	Chief of the Air Staff (RAAF) 1940–1942	Succeeded by Sir George Jones