Air Chief Marshal, Sir Hugh(Stuffy) Dowding was the Commander of Fighter Command during Battle of Britain.
For Britain: Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding was Commander-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command. For Germany: Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering was Supreme Commander of the German Luftwaffe. There were other commanders, i.e. of different squadrons, etc. For more information, see 'Related links' below.
Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding was nicknamed Stuffy.
Fighter Command was led by the Commander in Chief, Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding. Key figures were a New Zealander, Air-Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, Air Officer Commanding No 11 Group and Air-Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, AOC No 12 Group.
Fighter Command recorded 544 air crew killed, and 422 wounded during the Battle of Britain. During that period, they killed 3,336 German aircrew and captured 967.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding led Fighter Command. The area most concerned with Battle of Britain, the south east counties, was covered by 11 Group, Fighter Command led by New Zealander Air Vice Marshal Kieth Park.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, who had been C-in-C of Fighter Command since 1936. He was ousted by a group of schemers and opportunists in November 1940.
Britain's 'Fighter Command' - the heroic pilots of the iconic Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane. It was to become known as the 'Battle of Britain'
Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding was commander-in-chief of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. Churchill and some senior RAF officers found him awkward and he was sacked in November 1940.
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56 Pilots saw service in the Battle of Britain, this included 804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons and Pilots attached to RAF Fighter Command Squadrons, of which 9 lost their lives during the battle.
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The American commander was Washington, and the British commander was Howe.