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Manager of the South African Marine Corporation. 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 ...
Racing his Bentley at breakneck speed between his High Wycombe headquarters and the Air Ministry during World War II, Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris was the bane of motorcycle policemen on the London road. Late one night, a constable stopped him and said reproachfully, “You might have killed somebody, sir.”.
k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. Arthur Harris, c.1940 © Harris led RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, earning him the nickname 'Bomber Harris'. His implementation of the...
Jan 2, 2020 · Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command for much of World War II. A fighter pilot in World War I, Harris was charged with implementing the British policy of area bombing German cities in the later conflict. During the war, he built Bomber Command into a ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet (born April 13, 1892, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England—died April 5, 1984, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) was a British air officer who initiated and directed the “saturation bombing” that the Royal Air Force inflicted on Germany during World War II.
Sep 1, 2011 · Sept. 1, 2011. Arthur Travers Harris, known as “Bomber” Harris, became commander of RAF Bomber Command in early 1942. Until then, Bomber Command hadn’t done much, but the energetic and controversial Harris soon changed all that. He became the architect and chief proponent of nighttime “area bombing” of major German cities.
Apr 7, 1984 · Sir Arthur Travers Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force and the last of the leaders who planned and directed Allied operations against Germany in World War II, died Thursday night at...
