Sholto Douglas

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Royal Air Force officer human military commander

Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.

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Label	Occurrences
Sholto Douglas canonical	8

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force officer ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ surface form: Royal Military College Sandhurst Rugby School ⓘ
employer	British Armed Forces ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ
familyName	Douglas ⓘ
fieldOfWork	air warfare ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
givenName	Sholto ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix	DFM ⓘ GCB ⓘ MC ⓘ OM ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank	Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ⓘ
notableFor	influencing RAF fighter and coastal command strategy ⓘ senior leadership in British air operations during and after the Second World War ⓘ
notableWork	autobiography "Years of Combat" ⓘ autobiography "Years of Command" ⓘ leadership of RAF Fighter Command during the later stages of the Battle of Britain ⓘ reorganization of British air operations in the Middle East in the Second World War ⓘ
occupation	air force officer ⓘ military strategist ⓘ peer ⓘ
participatedIn	Allied air operations in the Middle East during the Second World War ⓘ Battle of Britain ⓘ
positionHeld	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief ⓘ surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East
residence	United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceNumber	Royal Air Force officer service number (exact number not provided) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugh Dowding → successor → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

AOC-in-C Fighter Command → positionHeldBy → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

Royal Air Force Fighter Command → commander → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas → fullName → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

subject surface form: Sholto Douglas

autobiography "Years of Combat" → hasProtagonist → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

subject surface form: Years of Combat

autobiography "Years of Command" → author → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

subject surface form: Years of Command

autobiography "Years of Command" → about → Sholto Douglas ⓘ

subject surface form: Years of Command

Baron Douglas of Kirtleside → namedAfter → Sholto Douglas ⓘ