Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory

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British military personnel of World War II Royal Air Force officer air marshal human

Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory was a senior Royal Air Force commander in the Second World War, best known for his controversial leadership during the Battle of Britain and his role in planning and directing Allied air operations for the D-Day landings.

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Label Occurrences
Trafford Leigh-Mallory 17
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory canonical 2
Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military personnel of World War II ⓘ
Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
air marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
surface form: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight or Dame Commander ⓘ
surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Military Cross ⓘ
birthDate 1892-07-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Mobberley, Cheshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Brookwood Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
commanded Allied Expeditionary Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: Fighter Command

No. 12 Group RAF ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1944-11-14 ⓘ
education Cambridge University ⓘ
familyName Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
fullName Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
givenName Trafford ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Air Marshal ⓘ
militaryUnit Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
notableFor Advocacy of the "Big Wing" fighter formation concept ⓘ
Controversial tactics during the Battle of Britain ⓘ
Disputes with Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding ⓘ
Disputes with Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park ⓘ
Role in air support planning for Operation Overlord ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of RAF Fighter Command later in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
Planning Allied air operations for the D-Day landings ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
placeOfDeath Alps ⓘ
surface form: French Alps
positionHeld Air Commander-in-Chief Allied Expeditionary Air Force ⓘ
No. 12 Group RAF ⓘ
surface form: Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group RAF

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
serviceEnd 1944 ⓘ
serviceNumber British Army officer and later RAF officer ⓘ
serviceStart First World War era ⓘ
sibling George Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
spouse Doris Sawyer ⓘ
theatreOfOperations European theatre of World War II ⓘ

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

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → notableHolder → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → commander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
AOC-in-C Fighter Command → positionHeldBy → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Operation Overlord → commander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory → fullName → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
this entity surface form: Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Allied operations in Western Europe → notableCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
No. 12 Group RAF → commander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
No. 12 Group RAF → notableCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
RAF Second Tactical Air Force → notableCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
No. 10 Group RAF → notableCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Overlord → commander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Overlord
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Battle of Normandy → commander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Leigh-Mallory → usedBy → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Leigh-Mallory → hasNotableBearer → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Leigh-Mallory → relative → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
subject surface form: George Herbert Leigh-Mallory
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Commander-in-Chief Allied Expeditionary Air Force → firstHolder → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Commander-in-Chief Allied Expeditionary Air Force → commander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Doris Sawyer → spouse → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Operation Jubilee → airComponentCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Big Wing controversy → proponent → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Big Wing controversy → notableCommanderInvolved → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Fighter Command → notableCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park → notableColleague → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
subject surface form: Keith Park
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Allied Expeditionary Force → airForcesCommander → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory