Charles Guest

Sir Charles Guest
Born	4 October 1900
Died	23 June 1977
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1918 – 1956
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands held	No. 12 Squadron No. 229 Group No. 1 Group RAF Transport Command
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath

Air Marshal Sir Charles Edward Neville Guest KBE CB (4 October 1900 – 23 June 1977) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command.

RAF career

Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, Guest joined the Royal Air Force in 1918.^[1] He became a test pilot before being appointed Officer Commanding No. 12 Squadron in 1936 and being seconded to the British Military Mission in Egypt the following year.^[1] He served in World War II as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 202 Group and then at No. 204 Group before becoming Deputy Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1942.^[1] He became Air Officer Commanding No. 229 Group in 1943 and Air Officer Commanding Transport at South East Asia Command in 1945.^[1]

After the War he was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Air Command South East Asia and then Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1947.^[1] He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in 1948, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command in 1952 and Inspector-General of the RAF in 1954 before retiring in 1956.^[1]

In retirement he became an aeronautical advisor to the Minister of Transport and a member of the Air Safety Board.^[2] He also became Vice President of the Old Edwardians.^[3]

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