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Allan Hesketh, (5 July 1899 – 9 March 1973) was a senior

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officer.

RAF career

Hesketh was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 13 September 1918 during the

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. He became officer commanding, No. 150 Squadron in March 1939 and served in the

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as base commander of No. 53 Base and then as base commander of No. 54 Base. After the war he became Senior Air Staff Officer, No. 3 Group in December 1945, air

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in October 1946 and Air Officer Commanding, No. 3 Group in December 1948. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 Group in September 1951 and Air Officer Commanding, Headquarters,

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in April 1952 before retiring in July 1954.

References

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