Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC (18 May 1904 – 16 January 1984) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian...

Notable people with the surname include: Frederick Scherger (1904-1984), Australian military commander George Scherger (1920-2011), American professional baseball...

(1912–1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala army colonel, lawyer, and cricket captain Frederick Scherger, British Air Chief Marshal Federico Spinola, Italian naval commander...

John Howard, the base was named in honour of Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger who was the Australian Chief of the Air Staff (now known as Chief...

Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975. Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger was Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1961 to 1966. Lieutenant...

based on the Royal Air Force. However, it was not until 1965, when Frederick Scherger became Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and was promoted...

Training School near Wagga Wagga, under the command of Group Captain Frederick Scherger. In October 1941, Newton transferred to No. 5 Service Flying Training...

first air vice-marshal (1935) and air marshal (1940). In 1965, Sir Frederick Scherger became the first officer to be advanced to air chief marshal, one...

from the RAAF. The British Air Ministry agreed and Air Vice Marshal Frederick Scherger took the post, regarded as a key stepping stone to his own eventual...

staff officers, Group Captains Gibson and Simms, and Air Commodore Frederick Scherger took over command on 10 May. Cobby's departure was greeted with relief...