Air Marshal Sir Charles Edward Chilton, (1 November 1906 – 4 August 1992) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command from 1959 to 1962.

RAF career

Educated at

Portsmouth Grammar School The Portsmouth Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school in Portsmouth, England, located in the historic part of Portsmouth. It was founded in 1732 as a boys' school and is located on Portsmouth High Street. History In 17 ...

,Obituary: Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton
''The Independent'', 20 August 1992 Chilton joined the Royal Air Force in 1924.
/ref> He specialised in navigation and, having served as a Navigation Instructor at the Central Flying School, was appointed Navigation Staff Officer at Headquarters

RAF Bomber Command RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bo ...

in 1937, a post he continued to hold during the early part of the Second World War. He moved on to be Command Navigation Officer at Headquarters RAF Flying Training Command in 1941. In 1943 he became Station Commander at RAF Chivenor where his role was to harry U-boats sailing in the Eastern Atlantic. After the war he was made Air Officer Commanding AHQ Ceylon before becoming Director of Personal Services in 1949 and Air Officer Commanding RAF Gibraltar in 1952. He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in 1953, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1955 and Air Officer Commanding

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in 1957. His last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Coastal Command in 1959 before retiring in 1962. In retirement he was a Director at IBM (Rentals).

Family

In 1929 he married Betty Wrinch; they had one son. Following the death of his first wife he married Joyce Cornforth (née Fenwick) in 1964.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chilton, Edward 1906 births 1992 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Grand Crosses of the Order of Prince Henry Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire People educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School Royal Air Force air marshals Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta