Walter Merton

Sir Walter Merton
Sir Walter Merton
Born	29 August 1905
Died	23 March 1986 (aged 80)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Mentioned in Despatches (3); Grand Cross of the Order of George I with Swords (Greece); Gold Cross of the Order of St. George with Crossed Swords (Greece); Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)

Second World War

. After the war he held several senior RAF appointments before his retirement in 1963.

RAF career

Born in Canada,

No. 218 Squadron and then as Officer Commanding No. 37 Squadron.^[2] He continued his war service as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters 257 Wing and then in the Middle East.^[2] He was made Station Commander at RAF Luqa in 1943 and Assistant Commandant at the RAF War Staff College in April 1944 before becoming Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in August 1944.^[2]

After the war he became Station Commander at

Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1960^[1] before retiring in 1963.^[2]

In retirement he became Inspector-General of Civil Defence.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Service Aviation Flight International, 6 November 1959
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Merton

Military offices
Preceded by David Carnegie	Chief of the Air Staff (RNZAF) 1954–1956	Succeeded by Cyril Kay
Preceded by Sir Walter Dawson	Air Member for Supply and Organisation 1960–1963	Succeeded by Sir John Baker-Carr (acting)

[flight-1] Service Aviation Flight International, 6 November 1959

[air-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Merton

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