Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Wilkinson Heward, (1 July 1918 – 27 October 1995) was a senior

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(RAF) commander.

RAF career

Heward joined the Royal Air Force in 1936.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Heward
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as Officer Commanding No. 50 Squadron and then as Officer Commanding No. 97 Squadron before being made Personal Staff Officer to the Air Commander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East in July 1945. Promoted to group captain, he was appointed to the Air & Special Operations staff at Headquarters

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in 1957 and Station Commander at

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in 1959. Then after attending the

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in 1962 he was promoted to air commodore and appointed Director of Operations (Bomber & Reconnaissance) at the Ministry of Defence in 1963. Promoted to air vice marshal, he was appointed Deputy Commander of

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in 1966, Air Officer for Administration at Headquarters

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in 1969 and Chief of Staff at

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in 1970. Promoted to air marshal, he went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 18 (Maritime) Group in February 1972 and Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1973. He was promoted to air chief marshal in 1974 and retired in 1976. In retirement he became a County councillor for

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Family

In 1944, he married Clare Myfanwy Wainwright, the daughter of Major-General C B Wainwright CB. They had two children.

References

, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Heward, Anthony 1918 births 1995 deaths Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Royal Air Force air marshals Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Members of Wiltshire County Council Conservative Party (UK) councillors