John Whitworth

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Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI and Group Captain John Whitworth (shown on the right) discussing the 'Dambusters Raid' in May 1943

Air Commodore John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth CB, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF (10 January 1912 – 13 November 1974) was a Royal Air Force pilot in the 1930s and a commander during and after the Second World War.

Notably, Whitworth was station commander of RAF Scampton during the time when planning for the 'Dambusters Raid' was conducted. Whitworth was also the Chief of Staff of the Ghana Air Force prior to the appointment of the Ghanaian J. E. S. de Graft-Hayford in 1961.

[edit] References

• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Cdre Whitworth

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