Air Vice Marshal Frederick "Freddie" Charles Hurrell, CB, OBE, CStJ, QHP, MRCS, FRAeS (24 April 1928 – 3 October 2008) was a senior medical officer in the Royal Air Force who spent his 35-year military career in aviation medicine and served as Director-General of the RAF Medical Services from 1986 to 1988.

He qualified as a doctor in 1952 and worked at Paddington Green Children's Hospital in both medical and surgical house positions, intending to become a paediatrician.

[3] While working in a bomber base he flew as a member of the crew to gain experience of the stresses of flying.

He completed the Diploma of Aviation Medicine in 1972, and as a wing commander he served as a medical adviser to the Inspector of Air Transport.

[1] Hurrell died of primary brain cancer at his home in Farnham in Surrey in October 2008 aged 80 and was cremated at Aldershot Crematorium.