Senior Commander

Profiles of senior commander who served with the Royal Air Force and its predecessor services.

7 Profiles
Featured Senior Commander

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Arthur Tedder

GCB CMG DSO
11 July 1890 3 June 1967 aged 76

How Arthur Tedder became one of the RAF’s most important wartime commanders, shaping Allied air strategy in the Mediterranean and beyond.

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Nationality British
Service RFC, RAF
Years served 1913-1946
Operations flown N/A
Era Second World War

Senior Commander · 7 profiles

Senior Commander

Arthur Coningham

Air Marshal

KCB KBE DSO 19 January 1895–30 January 1948
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Arthur Harris

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

GCB OBE AFC 13 April 1892–5 April 1984
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Arthur Tedder

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

GCB CMG DSO 11 July 1890–3 June 1967
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Charles Portal

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

KT GCB OM 21 May 1893–22 April 1971
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Hugh Dowding

Air Chief Marshal

GCB GCVO CMG 24 April 1882–15 February 1970
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Hugh Trenchard

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

GCB OM GCVO 3 February 1873–10 February 1956
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Keith Park

Air Chief Marshal

GCB KBE MC & Bar 15 June 1892–6 February 1975