Charles Ness
Royal Air Force officer
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::summary Royal Air Force officer ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox military person"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sir Charles Ness |
| image | Sir Charles Ness.jpg |
| caption | Air Vice Marshall Sir Charles E. Ness RAF |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| allegiance | United Kingdom |
| branch | Royal Air Force |
| serviceyears | 1943–83 |
| rank | Air Marshal |
| commands | Air Member for Personnel (1980–83) |
| HQ Southern Maritime Air Region (1975–76) | |
| RAF Steamer Point in Aden (1965–67) | |
| British Joint Trials Force (1962–65) | |
| battles | Second World War |
| awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Commander of the Order of the British Empire | |
| :: |
|name= Sir Charles Ness |image= Sir Charles Ness.jpg |caption= Air Vice Marshall Sir Charles E. Ness RAF |nickname= |birth_date= |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= 1943–83 |rank= Air Marshal |unit= |commands= Air Member for Personnel (1980–83) HQ Southern Maritime Air Region (1975–76) RAF Steamer Point in Aden (1965–67) British Joint Trials Force (1962–65) |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= Air Marshal Sir Charles Ernest Ness, (4 April 1924 – 13 September 1994) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
RAF career
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Photo_of_Charles_Ness.jpg" caption="Duke of Kent]], Gibraltar 1973"] ::
Ness joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 and served as an observer during the Second World War. In 1965 he became Officer Commanding the RAF Steamer Point in Aden where he had to cope with the growing terrorist threat.
In retirement he became Chairman of the Air League.
References
References
- [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Ness.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Charles Ness]
- He became deputy director of Manning at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 1 December 2007). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200439.html Air League] Flight International, 14 February 1990
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