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Air Commodore Ernest William Norton, DSC (14 May 1893 – 23 May 1966) was a British air officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who began his military career as a flying ace of the First World War credited with nine aerial victories. He rose through the ranks in a mixture of domestic and foreign assignments during the interwar period until he was appointed Air Officer-in-Charge at RAF Headquarters in Singapore on 28 December 1937. By 7 September 1941, he was serving as an air commodore for RAF Fighter Command in Britain. He retired from the RAF on 24 February 1944.

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  • Air Commodore Ernest William Norton, DSC (14 May 1893 – 23 May 1966) was a British air officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who began his military career as a flying ace of the First World War credited with nine aerial victories. He rose through the ranks in a mixture of domestic and foreign assignments during the interwar period until he was appointed Air Officer-in-Charge at RAF Headquarters in Singapore on 28 December 1937. By 7 September 1941, he was serving as an air commodore for RAF Fighter Command in Britain. He retired from the RAF on 24 February 1944. (en)
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  • United Kingdom
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  • No. 12 Squadron RNAS(1917)
  • No. 204 Squadron RAF(1918)
  • No. 5 Flying Training School (1932–37)
  • No. 58 Squadron RAF(1927–28, 1929–30)
  • No. 6 Armoured Car Company(1924–25)
  • No. 65 Wing RAF (1918–19)
  • No. 70 Squadron RAF(1925–26)
  • No. 9 Squadron RNAS(1917–18)
  • RAF Upavon(1930–32)
  • RAF Worthy Down(1929)
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  • 1944-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1914-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 1893-05-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Dolguan, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales (en)
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  • A portrait of Ernest William Norton (en)
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  • 1966-05-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England (en)
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  • Ernest Norton (en)
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  • 1914 (xsd:integer)
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  • Air Commodore Ernest William Norton, DSC (14 May 1893 – 23 May 1966) was a British air officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who began his military career as a flying ace of the First World War credited with nine aerial victories. He rose through the ranks in a mixture of domestic and foreign assignments during the interwar period until he was appointed Air Officer-in-Charge at RAF Headquarters in Singapore on 28 December 1937. By 7 September 1941, he was serving as an air commodore for RAF Fighter Command in Britain. He retired from the RAF on 24 February 1944. (en)
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  • Ernest Norton (RAF officer) (en)
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  • Ernest Norton (en)
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