Marshal of the Royal Air Force - Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC RAF, commander of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. Born at Cheltenham, died at Goring-on-Thames. Participating in the First World War as member of the small predecessor of the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Flying Corps. After the war he was active in British India, Iraq and Iran. In Iraq, Harris organized air raids against insurgent populations. During the Second World War, Harris recommended area bombing on enemy states, especially Germany, in order to avoid land war. Air Marshal in 1941, the year after he became chief commander of the RAF bomber command, masterminding air raids from High Wycombe headquarters. In September 1945, Harris left service, engaging for many years in private business in South Africa.
Buried on Burntwood cemetery at Goring.
The photographs, apart from a portrait and the tombstone, show Harris' funeral, with a memorial Lancaster flying over the site, and two pictures of Dresden in February 1945.
Buried on Burntwood cemetery at Goring.
The photographs, apart from a portrait and the tombstone, show Harris' funeral, with a memorial Lancaster flying over the site, and two pictures of Dresden in February 1945.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force - Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC RAF, commander of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. Born at Cheltenham, died at Goring-on-Thames. Participating in the First World War as member of the small predecessor of the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Flying Corps. After the war he was active in British India, Iraq and Iran. In Iraq, Harris organized air raids against insurgent populations. During the Second World War, Harris recommended area bombing on enemy states, especially Germany, in order to avoid land war. Air Marshal in 1941, the year after he became chief commander of the RAF bomber command, masterminding air raids from High Wycombe headquarters. In September 1945, Harris left service, engaging for many years in private business in South Africa.
Buried on Burntwood cemetery at Goring.
The photographs, apart from a portrait and the tombstone, show Harris' funeral, with a memorial Lancaster flying over the site, and two pictures of Dresden in February 1945.
Buried on Burntwood cemetery at Goring.
The photographs, apart from a portrait and the tombstone, show Harris' funeral, with a memorial Lancaster flying over the site, and two pictures of Dresden in February 1945.
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