Cameron Turner (RNZAF Officer)
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Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer Turner, (29 August 1915 – 26 November 1999) was a senior
Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...
(RNZAF) officer, who served as Chief of Air Staff from 1966 to 1969. Turner joined the Royal Air Force in 1936, before being commissioned in the RNZAF in 1940 and serving in the Second World War. He would go on to command four RNZAF stations, to hold a number of staff appointments, and was Air Member for Supply before being appointed head of the RNZAF. In retirement, he was director of the New Zealand Inventions Development Authority (1969–1976) and president of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Association (1972–1981). Turner was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the
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, and a
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1968 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1968 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the ''Lon ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Cameron 1915 births 1999 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath New Zealand military personnel of World War II Royal Air Force officers Royal New Zealand Air Force air marshals