# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ellis-wackett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:11:15.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ellis-wackett"
name: "Ellis Wackett"
slug: "ellis-wackett"
description: "Air Vice Marshal Ellis Charles Wackett, CB, CBE was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Its chief engineer from 1935 to 1959, he served on the RAAF's controlling body, the Air Board, for a record seventeen years, and has been credited with infusing operations with new standards of airworthiness. Commencing his service career as a Royal Australian Navy cadet during World War I, Wackett transferred to the Air Force in 1923 while on an engineering course in Britain. He qualified as a pilot before completing his studies and returning to Australia, where he inaugurated parachute instruction within the RAAF and made the country's first freefall descent from a military aircraft in 1926. The following year, he led a three-month survey flight to Papua New Guinea."
tagline: "Royal Australian Air Force senior engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JK0736ECWackett1953.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1901-04-13"
deathDate: "1984-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.875
  historical:           5.469366666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ellis Wackett"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اليس واكيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ellis Wackett"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Wackett"
    title: "Ellis Wackett"
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  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B8_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%9F"
    title: "ਐਲੀਸ ਵੈਕੇਟ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump