Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer Turner, CB, CBE (29 August 1915 – 26 November 1999) was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, who served as Chief of Air Staff from 1966 to 1969.
Cameron Turner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 August 1915 Whanganui, New Zealand |
| Died | 29 November 1999 (aged 84) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom New Zealand |
| Service | Royal Air Force (1936–40) Royal New Zealand Air Force (1940–69) |
| Years of service | 1936–1969 |
| Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Commands | Chief of Air Staff RNZAF Station Ohakea RNZAF Station Taieri RNZAF Station Nausori |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
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).[1][2]
Turner was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 New Year Honours,[3] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Turner, Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer, (29 Aug. 1915–26 Nov. 1999), Royal New Zealand Air Force, retired". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U182445.
- ^ "Online Cenotaph - Cameron Archer Turner". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "No. 41911". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1959. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 44486". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1967. p. 41.