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Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO & Bar (11 July 1892 – 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War.
Trafford Leigh-Mallory was a British air marshal who commanded the Allied air forces in the Normandy Invasion (1944) during World War II. Leigh-Mallory was educated at the University of Cambridge, received a commission in the British Army in 1914, and fought in France during World War I.
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Learn about the life and career of Trafford Leigh-Mallory, a British air force officer who planned the aerial part of Operation Overlord in 1944. He died in a plane crash in the French Alps in August 1944.
THEATER OF OPERATION: European. BATTLE: Battle of Britain, Normandy. MILITARY HONORS: Distinguished Service Order Medal, Knight Commander of the Order of Bath. HONORED BY: The Eisenhower Foundation. PRISONER OF WAR. KILLED IN ACTION.
Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Officer Commanding No 11 (Fighter) Group, at Group Headquarters, Uxbridge, Middlesex. 27 March 1942. Military.com. Published January 13, 2017....
This paper examines the challenges and achievements of Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory as the Chief Allied Expeditionary Airforce (AEAF) for Operation OVERLORD in 1944. It explores how his personality, command role and doctrinal disagreements influenced the effectiveness of joint high command and air-land co-operation.
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A biography of Trafford Leigh-Mallory, a British air marshal who commanded RAF and Allied air forces in WW2. Learn about his military career, achievements, controversies, and death in a plane crash.
