Arthur Harris(1892-1984)

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, GCB, OBE, AFC (13 April 1892 - 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris,[a] was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

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War

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Self(as Sir Arthur Harris)

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The World at War

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Self - Marshal of the R.A.F. 1972(as Sir Arthur Harris)

Day Out

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Self - Subject

Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing

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Self(as Sir Arthur Harris)

1990

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Alternative names
- Sir Arthur Harris C-in-C Bomber Command
Born
- April 13, 1892
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died
- April 5, 1984
- Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Other works
Article (writing as Air Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C, Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command), "Bomber Command," Published in "Flying and Popular Aviation (USA)," September 1942, Vol. 31 No. 3, Pages 46-60.
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He was awarded the AFC (Air Force Cross) in 1918 for his services to the United Kingdom during World War I.

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[on Australian Donald Bennet] His technical knowledge and his personal operational ability was altogether exceptional. His courage, both moral and physical, is outstanding and as a technician he is unrivaled. He could not suffer fools gladly, and by his own high standards there were many fools.