Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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Squadron Leader Scherger (left) with Federal Treasurer Richard Casey at Point Cook, 1937
Explosion of an oil storage tank during the first air raid on Darwin, 19 February 1942
Air Commodore Scherger (left) with USAAF Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith (second left) on 24 April 1944, after the landings at Aitape
Scherger (right) with Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead in Labuan, August 1945
RAAF Caribous and personnel on arrival in South Vietnam, August 1964
TAA DC-9 at Adelaide Airport, 1967
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger KBE, CB, DSO, AFCAwards 4
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff, the RAAF's highest-ranking position, from 1957 until 1961, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, forerunner of the role of Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, from 1961 until 1966. He was the first RAAF officer to hold the rank of air chief marshal.
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Lived 1904 to 1984 · aged 79
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