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Hewitt considered that the RAAF was in danger of losing some of its best staff through rapid, unplanned demobilisation, and recommended that its workforce be stabilised for two years at a strength of 20,000 while it reviewed its post-war requirements. Although the Air Board supported Hewitt's proposal, government cost-cutting resulted in the strength of the so-called
Interim Air Force remaining lower than planned, being reduced to some 13,000 by October 1946 and under 8,000 by the end of 1948. Despite claiming that employing women in the Air Force was an important factor in reducing "antagonism and prejudice" against them in the work force in general, Hewitt also recommended that the WAAAF be disbanded after the war.
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was abandoned in 1950 due to dissatisfaction caused by the lack of obvious equivalence between these specialist "ranks" and the traditional ranking system common to the rest of the RAAF and other defence forces. After completing his term as Air Member for
Personnel in 1948, he was posted to London as the Australian Defence Representative. By now promoted air vice marshal, Hewitt was appointed a
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that MacArthur, as
Supreme Commander SWPA, "would insist on the replacement of AVM Bostock by an equally able officer", and that "Air Commodore Hewitt ... was not considered an adequate replacement." Hewitt recognised qualities in both Jones and Bostock, and tried not to take sides in their
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of officers and their seniority that had become a source of irregularities due to the many temporary and acting promotions granted during wartime. This resulted in several officers of senior rank being demoted as many as three levels, such as group captain to flight lieutenant, in the first post-war
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Described as a "small, dapper man", who was "outspoken, even 'cocky'", Hewitt overcame the setback to his career during the war and made his most significant contributions as Air Member for
Personnel from 1945 to 1948. Directly responsible for the demobilisation of thousands of wartime staff and the
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Personnel was made permanent following the end of World War II in August 1945. In this role he was directly responsible for the demobilisation of what had become the world's fourth largest air force, and its transition to a much smaller peacetime service.
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Parallel to his initiatives in education and training, Hewitt introduced a revised aircrew ranking scheme that consisted of skill categories with several levels, such as navigator level 4 or pilot level 1, rather than the regular military ranks such as sergeant or flight lieutenant. This
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Manager of Education and Training. He became a trustee of the Services Canteen Trust the same year, serving in this position until 1977. Having retired from International Harvester in 1966, Hewitt became an author in later life and wrote two books on his experiences in the military. The first,
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using 62 aircraft from five of his squadrons, the largest strike undertaken by the
Australians to that date. No. 9 Group would take most of the credit for the RAAF reaching a peak of 254 tons of bombs dropped in October, as against 137 tons delivered the previous month. On
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flying boats when he broke his neck riding his motor cycle near
Richmond, and had to forgo the assignment while he recovered. Fit for duty by August, he was given command of the Rathmines base to manage the deployment of No. 10 Squadron and its aircraft, but this was suspended due to the
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Historian Alan
Stephens credits Hewitt with being primarily responsible for the "education revolution" that took place in the RAAF between 1945 and 1953, noting that Hewitt's initiatives while Air Member for Personnel were carried on by his successor in the position, Air Vice Marshal
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No changes were made to command arrangements in the South West
Pacific following this episode, and Hewitt continued to lead No. 9 Group in its bombing and strafing campaign against Japanese airfields and lines of communication in
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As AMP, Hewitt was responsible for reviewing the potential employment of senior officers in the post-war Air Force. This review led to the early retirement of such figures as Air Marshal Williams and Air Vice Marshals Bostock,
719:(No. 1 TAF) attempting to resign their commissions to protest the relegation of RAAF fighter squadrons to strategically unimportant ground attack missions. Hewitt recommended that the AOC No. 1 TAF, Air Commodore
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853:. Hewitt also acted as chairman and managing director of his own publishing house, Langate Publishing. Predeceased by his wife Lorna, he died in Melbourne on 1 November 1985, and was survived by his daughters.
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in 1951, the same year he became Air Member for Supply and Equipment. Retiring from the military in 1956, he went into business and later managed his own publishing house. He wrote two books including
804:. He added that it was "almost a truism that the future RAAF can be no better than the Air Force College". Founded at Point Cook in January 1948, RAAF College's inaugural commandant was Air Commodore
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consolidation of what was then the world's fourth largest air force into a much smaller peacetime service, he also helped modernise education and training within the RAAF. Hewitt was appointed a
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on exchange in Britain shortly before World War II. He was appointed the RAAF's Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1941. The following year he was posted to Allied Air Forces Headquarters,
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and the introduction of an apprenticeship training programme. The purpose of the College was, in Hewitt's words, to "sow the seeds of service" for future leaders, helping create a special RAAF
397:, who rather than upbraiding Hewitt expressed himself "reservedly pleased about the publicity". After completing its survey work in November 1928, the unit served aboard the seaplane carrier
828:, in part for his leadership of No. 9 Group during the war. Returning from Britain the same year, he took over as Air Member for Supply and Equipment (AMSE) from Air Vice Marshal
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head of the RAAF, sought to extend his authority into the sphere of operations by posting a "more accountable" officer into Bostock's position, namely Hewitt. The
519:(WAAAF) and later advocated that its members be enrolled on a contractual basis rather than enlisted or commissioned as Permanent Air Force staff. Promoted acting
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was struck, for the loss of one Beaufort. The planning and execution of the raid led to conflict between Hewitt and the commanding officer of the
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background and rigid ideas on women's place in society", as DPS Hewitt opposed the creation of the
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337:until September. He married Lorna Bishop in
267:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
192:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1789:. Canberra: RAAF Air Power Studies Centre.
1775:. Military Historical Society of Australia.
1628:(Supplement). 29 December 1950. p. 36.
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1992:Stephens, Alan; Isaacs, Jeff (1996).
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323:No. 1 Flying Training School
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877:proficiency in the Air Force.
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291:Royal Australian Naval College
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1334:How Not to Run an Air Force!
1245:How Not to Run an Air Force!
1083:. 19 May 1925. p. 3382.
548:No. 9 Operational Group
251:No. 9 Operational Group
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1859:Draper, W. J., ed. (1985).
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1157:The Eagle and the Albatross
1144:The Eagle and the Albatross
1036:Who's Who in Australia 1985
786:in Korea during a visit to
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1884:Gillison, Douglas (1962).
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1196:Royal Australian Air Force
1183:Royal Australian Air Force
1049:Royal Australian Air Force
599:divisive personal conflict
576:Battle of the Bismarck Sea
420:RAF Staff College, Andover
315:Royal Australian Air Force
231:Royal Australian Air Force
174:Battle of the Bismarck Sea
169:South West Pacific theatre
101:Royal Australian Air Force
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241:in the early 1930s, and
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2011:Thomson, Joyce (1991).
1945:Stephens, Alan (1995).
1892:Australian War Memorial
1842:Oxford University Press
1638:Stephens & Isaacs,
906:Stephens & Isaacs,
770:released in June 1947.
533:South West Pacific Area
387:Flinders Street station
247:South West Pacific Area
149:No. 9 Operational Group
2112:Air Officer Commanding
2075:Hewitt, J. E. (1984).
2052:Hewitt, J. E. (1980).
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1907:Helson, Peter (2006).
1865:Who's Who in Australia
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391:Chief of the Air Staff
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255:Chief of the Air Staff
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1431:Air War Against Japan
1415:Air War Against Japan
1402:Air War Against Japan
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1910:Ten Years at the Top
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1461:Ten Years at the Top
1347:Ten Years at the Top
847:Adversity in Success
788:No. 77 Squadron
451:No. 10 Squadron
441:Hewitt was promoted
271:Adversity in Success
143:No. 104 Squadron RAF
2187:Australian aviators
609:, Air Vice Marshal
257:, Air Vice Marshal
2135:Frederick Scherger
1713:The Canberra Times
1625:The London Gazette
1214:The London Gazette
1100:The London Gazette
1080:The London Gazette
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713:John Vincent Barry
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2067:978-0-9594622-0-3
2026:978-0-522-84525-9
2003:978-0-644-45682-1
1984:978-0-19-555541-7
1965:978-0-644-42803-3
1851:978-0-19-551784-2
1824:978-0-04-442307-2
1815:Allen & Unwin
1807:The Third Brother
1796:978-0-642-26550-0
1170:The Third Brother
1168:Coulthard-Clark,
1131:The Third Brother
1129:Coulthard-Clark,
1118:The Third Brother
1116:Coulthard-Clark,
987:978-0-522-84459-7
830:George Mackinolty
667:Beaufort squadron
651:Bristol Beauforts
642:Goodenough Island
605:, and the AOC of
580:Douglas MacArthur
529:Dutch East Indies
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818:
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611:Bill Bostock
607:RAAF Command
603:George Jones
596:
572:Port Moresby
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493:George Jones
470:World War II
440:
428:Hawker Hinds
414:
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359:, operating
354:
349:
317:(RAAF) as a
280:
277:Early career
270:
263:
259:George Jones
220:
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159:Battles/wars
68:(1985-11-01)
18:
2177:1985 deaths
2172:1901 births
2125:Frank Lukis
2105:Bill Garing
1640:High Fliers
1620:"No. 39105"
1609:, pp. 92–95
1557:, pp. 24–25
1528:, pp. 22–24
1404:, pp. 93–95
1391:, pp. 33–35
1362:, pp. 16–18
1310:, pp. 23–24
1231:, pp. 58–59
1209:"No. 34893"
1095:"No. 33087"
1075:"No. 33048"
1051:, pp. 23–24
910:, pp. 97–99
908:High Fliers
806:Val Hancock
759:Adrian Cole
721:Harry Cobby
698:Frank Lukis
638:New Britain
629:John Curtin
489:Val Hancock
438:from 1936.
383:Yarra River
205:Businessman
145:(1936–1938)
139:(1931–1933)
2166:Categories
2146:1945–1948
1773:Sabretache
1761:References
1693:Stephens,
1682:Going Solo
1680:Stephens,
1669:Going Solo
1667:Stephens,
1656:Going Solo
1654:Stephens,
1607:Going Solo
1605:Stephens,
1594:Going Solo
1592:Stephens,
1581:Going Solo
1579:Stephens,
1566:Stephens,
1555:Going Solo
1553:Stephens,
1526:Going Solo
1524:Stephens,
1513:Going Solo
1511:Stephens,
1498:Stephens,
1485:Stephens,
1472:Stephens,
1374:Ashworth,
1332:Ashworth,
1319:Stephens,
1280:Stephens,
1256:Gillison,
1243:Ashworth,
1194:Gillison,
1181:Gillison,
1060:Stephens,
1047:Gillison,
875:small arms
784:F-86 Sabre
556:New Guinea
368:Queensland
364:amphibians
327:Point Cook
311:secondment
307:lieutenant
303:Royal Navy
299:midshipmen
295:Jervis Bay
79:Allegiance
58:, Victoria
49:1901-04-13
25:Joe Hewitt
1919:225531223
1877:0810-8226
1748:7 January
1720:2 January
1227:Thomson,
996:1833-7538
863:Ernie Hey
709:Air Board
564:Milne Bay
513:Calvinist
415:Australia
401:Albatross
350:Albatross
115:1915–1956
82:Australia
73:Melbourne
1684:, p. 118
1671:, p. 182
1658:, p. 500
1570:, p. 186
1540:Helson,
1515:, p. 335
1476:, p. 112
1463:, p. 224
1459:Helson,
1429:Odgers,
1413:Odgers,
1400:Odgers,
1387:Odgers,
1358:Odgers,
1345:Helson,
1336:, p. 211
1306:Odgers,
1293:Odgers,
1260:, p. 473
1247:, p. 295
1172:, p. 150
1155:Wilson,
1142:Wilson,
1133:, p. 218
1038:, p. 409
1034:Draper,
1004:70677943
928:, p. 259
130:Commands
87:Service/
1938:1990609
1900:2000369
1741:The Age
1198:, p. 92
1185:, p. 67
1159:, p. 51
1146:, p. 27
1064:, p. 34
1009:8 April
871:Moresby
616:de jure
527:in the
457:, near
378:Moresby
313:to the
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663:tanker
655:Rabaul
632:feud.
546:(AOC)
339:Sydney
208:Author
187:Awards
151:(1943)
89:branch
56:Tylden
2119:1943
1952:(PDF)
1811:(PDF)
1787:(PDF)
881:Notes
814:Wagga
413:HMAS
399:HMAS
385:near
376:HMAS
374:with
2081:ISBN
2062:ISBN
2021:ISBN
1998:ISBN
1979:ISBN
1960:ISBN
1934:OCLC
1915:OCLC
1896:OCLC
1873:ISSN
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1750:2016
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