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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. In 1955 he was a technical advisor during the making of the The Dam Busters film and was played by Derek Farr in this movie. 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 1962.

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  • John Whitworth
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  • 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. In 1955 he was a technical advisor during the making of the The Dam Busters film and was played by Derek Farr in this movie. 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 1962.
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honorific suffix
  • CB DSO DFC
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Birth Date
  • 1912-01-10(xsd:date)
Name
  • John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth
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  • Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing the 'Dambusters Raid' in May 1943
Title
  • Chief of Staff Ghana Air Force
death date
  • 1974-11-13(xsd:date)
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  • Air Commodore
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  • 1961(xsd:integer)
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  • 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. In 1955 he was a technical advisor during the making of the The Dam Busters film and was played by Derek Farr in this movie. 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 1962.
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