Charles Evans (Royal Navy officer)

Evans initially joined the Royal Navy and was given a temporary commission as a flying officer in the Royal Air Force in 1931.^[1]

Evans served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of 806 Naval Air Squadron based at HMS Sparrowhawk carrying out bombing attacks on targets around Bergen in Norway in May 1940 and providing cover for the Dunkirk evacuation the following month.^[2] He continued his war service with HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean, before becoming Commander of Flying on HMS Implacable in the Pacific in 1945.^[3]

Evans was appointed Director of the Naval Air Division in 1950, served as Captain of HMS Ocean during the Korean War and then became Commander of the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth in 1954 before being appointed Flag Officer, Flying Training in 1956.^[4] He went on to be Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers in 1959 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1960 before retiring in 1962.^[4]

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Wilfrid Woods	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic 1960–1962	Succeeded by Sir Richard Smeeton