Air Vice Marshal Ellis Charles Wackett, CB, CBE was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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The Supermarine Seagull III, serial A9-5, that Wackett flew on his Papuan Survey Flight in 1927
Group Captain Wackett, Director of Technical Services (standing, far left), with members of the RAAF Flying Personnel Medical Research Committee, including Group Captain George Jones, Director of Training (seated, second left), and Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, Chief of the Air Staff (seated, far right), c. 1941
Air Vice Marshal Wackett (left) greeted by Group Captain D.R. Chapman, Officer Commanding No. 91 (Composite) Wing RAAF, Iwakuni, Japan, April 1953
Wackett (right) in Korea during a visit to No. 77 Squadron RAAF, here inspecting a USAF F-86 Sabre at Kimpo in April 1953Awards 3
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Robert Brooke-PophamAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical SocietyRoy FeddenAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical SocietyBill GunstonAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Stephen DaltonAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Frank HalfordAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
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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.
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