Charles Read (RAAF officer)
Sir Charles Read | |
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Air Marshal | |
Unit | No. 30 Squadron (1942) |
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Read's post-war commands included the
Early career
Born in
World War II
Read was assigned to
Returning to Australia, Read held command of
Post-war career
Read married Betty Bradshaw on 1 June 1946; the couple had three sons.[20] He was the inaugural commanding officer (CO) of the re-formed No. 1 Flying Training School at RAAF Station Point Cook from November 1947 to September 1949.[21] During this time he was offered a permanent commission in the post-war Air Force, with the provisional rank of squadron leader. Read was then promoted to substantive wing commander,[3] and posted to England where he led No. 24 (Commonwealth) Squadron RAF from March to December 1950.[22] Returning from England in 1952, he was made CO of Central Flying School at RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria, and went on to hold staff appointments at Headquarters Training Command from 1953 to 1957.[5]
Ranked group captain, Read commanded
Read was promoted
In March 1972, Air Marshal
Retirement
Read retired from military life on 20 March 1975 and was succeeded by Air Marshal
Notes
- ^ Legge, Who’s Who in Australia 1971, p. 778
- ^ "Read, Charles Frederick". World War 2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stephens; Isaacs, High Fliers, pp. 155–157
- ^ Stephens, Australia's Air Chiefs, p. 24
- ^ a b c d Coulthard-Clark, Air Marshals of the RAAF, p. 8
- ^ Roylance, Air Base Richmond, p. 123
- ^ Coulthard-Clark, The Third Brother, pp. 339–340
- ^ Coulthard-Clark, The Third Brother, pp. 442–443
- ^ a b c Read, Ian (27 September 2014). "RAAF commander Sir Charles Read led squadron in World War II". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force, pp. 646–649
- ^ Odgers, Air War Against Japan, p. 50
- ^ "Recommendation: Distinguished Flying Cross". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "No. 36079". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1943. p. 3039.
- ^ RAAF Historical Section, Training Units, pp. 100–101
- ^ a b Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force, p. 647n
- ^ Odgers, Air War Against Japan, pp. 311–312
- ^ Odgers, Air War Against Japan, p. 471
- ^ Odgers, Air War Against Japan, p. 483
- The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ a b Singh, Who's Who in Australia 2008, p. 1777
- ^ "Flying Training School Commanding Officers". Royal Australian Air Force. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Commanding Officers of 24 Squadron". XXIV Squadron Association. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "No. 41910". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1959. p. 40.
- ^ "No. 43201". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1963. p. 36.
- ^ "Nineteen In Honours List". RAAF News. Canberra: Department of Defence. January–February 1964. p. 7.
- ^ "Two Air Commodores Named". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. 27 November 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ RAAF Historical Section, Introduction, p. 153
- ^ RAAF Historical Section, Training Units, p. 183
- ^ Roylance, Air Base Richmond, p. 113
- ^ Stephens, Going Solo, pp. 432–423
- ^ Stephens, Going Solo, pp. 386–387
- ^ Stephens, Going Solo, p. 454
- ^ "No. 45679". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1972. p. 6287.
- ^ Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, pp. 283–286
- ^ Lax, From Controversy to Cutting Edge, p. 121
- ^ Stephens, Australia's Air Chiefs, p. 11
- ^ Stephens, Australia's Air Chiefs, pp. 18, 32
- ^ Stephens, Australia's Air Chiefs, p. 31
- ^ "No. 46920". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1976. p. 8052.
- ^ "Charles Read". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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- Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1991). The Third Brother: The Royal Australian Air Force 1921–39. North Sydney: ISBN 0044423071.
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- Lax, Mark (2010). From Controversy to Cutting Edge: A History of the F-111 in Australian Service. Canberra: Air Power Development Centre. ISBN 9781920800543.
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- OCLC 246580191.
- RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History. Volume 1: Introduction, Bases, Supporting Organisations. Canberra: ISBN 0644427922.
- RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History. Volume 8: Training Units. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0644428007.
- Roylance, Derek (1991). Air Base Richmond. RAAF Base Richmond: Royal Australian Air Force. ISBN 0646052128.
- Stephens, Alan, ed. (1992). Australia's Air Chiefs: The Proceedings of the 1992 RAAF History Conference. Canberra: Air Power Studies Centre. ISBN 0642188661.
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