Featured Article Quiz #218
Ellis Wackett
#1 From 1935 to 1959, what role did Ellis Charles Wackett serve in the RAAF?
Chief engineer of the RAAF
Chief of the Air Staff
Commander of the RAAF Aircrew Training Command
#2 Which event is stated as happening in 1926 under Ellis Wackett’s leadership?
Australia’s first freefall parachute jump from a military aircraft
Australia’s first guided missile launch from a military aircraft
The RAAF’s first jet flight demonstration
#3 What did Ellis Wackett do regarding the RAAF’s Technical Branch?
He helped create a separate Technical Branch in 1948
He abolished the Technical Branch in 1948
He created the Technical Branch in 1968 after retiring