John Whitworth

John Whitworth

Air Commodore John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth CB, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF (10 January 1912 – 13 November 1974) was a Royal Air Force pilot in the 1930s and a commander during and after the Second World War.

Notably, Whitworth was station commander of RAF Scampton during the time when planning for the 'Dambusters Raid' was conducted. Whitworth was also the Chief of Staff of the Ghana Air Force prior to the appointment of the Ghanaian J. E. S. de Graft-Hayford in 1961.

References

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Whitworth_JNH.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Cdre Whitworth]


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