3 August 1984(1984-08-03) (aged 83) Warracknabeal, Victoria
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Air Force
Service years
1914–59
Rank
Air Vice Marshal
Commands held
Papuan Survey Flight (1927–28)
Technical Services (1935–42)
Engineering & Maintenance (1942–48)
Technical Branch (1948–59)
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Relations
Lawrence Wackett (brother)
Other work
Member, Australian National Airlines Commission (1960–68)
Air Vice Marshal Ellis Charles Wackett, CB, CBE (13 August 1901 – 3 August 1984) 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.
Wackett became the RAAF's senior engineer with his appointment as Director of Technical Services in 1935. A wing commander at the outbreak of World War II, he rose to air commodore by 1942 and assumed the role of Air Member for Engineering and Maintenance. He established the Technical Branch as a separate department of the RAAF in 1948, and was promoted to air vice marshal the same year. Wackett served as Air Member for Technical Services until leaving the military in 1959, having been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Companion of the Order of the Bath. From 1960 to 1968, he was a member of the Australian National Airlines Commission, parent of Trans Australia Airlines. Generally known as "Wack", or "EC" (to distinguish him from his elder brother, aircraft designer Lawrence James Wackett or "LJ"), his prominent chin and nose also earned him the nickname "Punch".[1] He died in 1984, aged 83.
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Elevating Moment, A Horse, a Spoon and a Basin, Vaseline Review, and Bun, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot. Reportedly, these names were considered for...
Bibcode:2005Ana...130..442S. doi:10.1039/b418265k. PMID 15776152. Wackett, L. P.; Dodge, A. G.; Ellis, L. B. M. (2004). "Microbial genomics and the periodic table"...
com/science/transition-metal/Biological-functions-of-transition-metals Wackett, Lawrence P.; Dodge, Anthony G.; Ellis, Lynda B. M. (February 2004). "Microbial Genomics and...
44 Madison 1956 38 Harland E. Everson Dem. 55 Edgerton 1970 39 Byron F. Wackett Rep. 60 Watertown 1952 14 40 Francis R. Byers Rep. 52 Marion 1968 41 Ervin...
Cardiff 880 Stephen Smith Scrum-half 1959-01-17 v Wales at Cardiff 881 John Wackett Hooker 1959-01-17 v Wales at Cardiff 882 Larry Webb Prop 1959-01-17 v Wales...
46 Madison 1956 38 Harland E. Everson Dem. 57 Edgerton 1970 39 Byron F. Wackett Rep. 62 Watertown 1952 14 40 Francis R. Byers Rep. 54 Marion 1968 41 Ervin...
(Ex-Leeds) Launcelot Percival (3 England caps) Andy Vilk (England Sevens) Peter Wackett (Ex-Leeds) Mark Mapletoft (Ex Gloucester and Harlequins) To'o Vaega (Samoa...
American. Retrieved April 26, 2007. Reese, HW; Shapir, N.; Sadowsky, M. J.; Wackett, L. P. (1975). "Verbal effects in children's visual recognition memory"...
University. Retrieved on 18 November 2010. About Sir Lawrence Wackett. Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre. RMIT University. Retrieved on 18 November...
Corps Col. Michael Henry Egan CMG Col. Charles Conyngham Ellis CB Henrietta Christobel Ellis OBE Commandant, Women's Legion Christiana Deanes Elmslie...
the Commonwealth of Australia. Military Division Air Vice-Marshal Ellis Charles Wackett, CBE, Royal Australian Air Force. The Honourable Thomas Playford...
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