Arthur Francis Turner

Arthur Francis Turner

Infobox Military Person
name= Arthur Francis Turner
lived= 23 June 1912 – 26 October 1991
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=
nickname= Attie
allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1931 - 1971
rank= Admiral
branch=
branch
commands= Chief of Fleet Support

Admiral Sir Arthur Francis Turner, (23 June 1912 – 26 October 1991) was a British naval officer. He was the son of Rear Admiral AWJ Turner and his wife Mrs AM Turner (nee Lochrane)

Naval career

He entered the navy in 1931, completing a four year course at the Royal Naval Engineering College at Keyham, Devonport. During the Second World War Turner travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to commission and bring back HMS Newark to the United Kingdom; then spent a period at the RNEC and at HMS Condor (the Royal Naval Air Station at Arbroath), before joining the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable (R92) in 1944 as air engineer officer. Indomitable was the carrier squadron flagship in the British Pacific Fleet and Turner's department maintained a very high aircraft serviceability rate for the fleet's strikes. Turner was twice mentioned in despatches.

After the Second World War, Turner planned the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm. From 1954 Turner served in the Engineer in Chief's department at Bath, laying the foundation for the Navy's planned maintenance organisation. His other positions included: Captain Superintendent of the Royal Naval Aircraft Yard at Donibristle (1956-58); Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Planning in London; Chief Staff Officer (Technical) on the Central Staff, Mediterranean (1962-64); Director-General Aircraft (Navy) at the Ministry of Defence (1966-67); Chief of Fleet Support, Ministry of Defence (1967-71). In 1970 Turner made naval history by becoming the first officer of a non-executive branch to reach the rank of full Admiral. He was one of the Navy's first specialists in naval aeronautical engineering and pioneered the introduction of planned maintenance to improve the reliability of the fleet's machinery. [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FTRNR] ,

Personal Life

In 1963 Turner married Elizabeth Clare de Trafford, daughter of Captain Edmund Hubert de Trafford (a grandson of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet) and his wife Hon. Cecilia Strickland. They raised two sons; Francis (B.1966) and Michael (b.1969) [http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/catena.html]

References

External links

http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-11US-Newark.htm


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