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Air Vice-Marshal Sir Charles Warburton Meredith (1896 – 19 April 1977) was a South African-born air force pilot and was Air Officer Commanding of the Rhodesian Air Training Group during the Second World War. ==Early life and family== Meredith was born in Wynberg, Cape Town and attended Wynberg Boys' High School. He was a cadet at RAF Staff College, Andover and was then commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) in October 1917. He was promoted to Flying Officer in February 1918. After the First World War, in 1924, he joined the South African Air Force,〔 having been recruited by Major Allister Miller, and in 1937 was appointed Commanding Officer of the Aircraft and Artillery Depot. He was appointed Director of Civil Aviation in Southern Rhodesia in 1939.〔 Meredith was commissioned Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 21 March 1940 for the duration of the hostilities. He was promoted to Air Vice-Marshal during the War. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Warburton Meredith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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