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Hugh Dowding

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding was the head of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and the main architect of its success.

Photo: Hugh Dowding (right) with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Bentley Priory, the Headquarters of Fighter Command, in September 1940. (IWM CH 1233)

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Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding GCB, GCVO, CMG (24 April 1882 鈥� 15 February 1970) was a British officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. 16 Squadron during the First World War. During the inter-war years he became Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area, Air Defence of Great Britain and then joined the Air Council as Air Member for Supply and Research. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. He unwillingly relinquished command in November 1940 and was replaced by Big Wing advocate, Sholto Douglas.

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