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King Edward"s School, Birmingham.
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Charles Guest
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Educated at King Edward"s School, Birmingham, Guest joined the Royal Air Force in 1918. He became a test pilot before being appointed Officer Commanding Number. 12 Squadron in 1936 and being seconded to the British Military Mission in Egypt the following year.
He served in World World War II as Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Number.
202 Group and then at Number. 204 Group before becoming Deputy Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1942.
He became Air Officer Commanding Number. 229 Group in 1943 and Air Officer Commanding Transport at South East Asia Command in 1945.
After the War he was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Air Command South East Asia and then Air Officer Commanding Number.
1 Group in 1947. He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in 1948, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Royal Air Force Transport Command in 1952 and Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force in 1954 before retiring in 1956. He also became Vice President of the Old Edwardians.
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In retirement he became an aeronautical advisor to the Minister of Transport and a member of the Air Safety Board.
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June 23, 1977 (aged 76)