Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command

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military appointment senior Royal Air Force post

The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command was the senior Royal Air Force post responsible for directing Britain's fighter air defence, notably during the early years of the Second World War.

Aliases (3)

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command ×2
RAF Fighter Command ×2
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military appointment → senior Royal Air Force post →
associatedWith	RAF Fighter Command →
associatedWithCommand	No. 10 Group RAF → No. 11 Group RAF → No. 12 Group RAF → No. 13 Group RAF →
conflict	Battle of Britain → Second World War →
country	United Kingdom →
createdToCommand	RAF Fighter Command →
firstHolder	Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding →
formationDate	14 July 1936 →
garrison	RAF Bentley Priory →
hasJurisdiction	RAF Fighter Command →
historicalSignificance	key leadership post in British air defence during the Second World War →
language	English →
locationOfHeadquarters	RAF Bentley Priory → Stanmore, Middlesex →
militaryBranch	air force →
notableHolder	Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding → Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas → Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry → Air Marshal Sir Christopher Hartley → Air Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood → Air Marshal Sir John Grandy → Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill → Air Marshal Sir Thomas Pike → Air Marshal Sir Timothy O'Brien → Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory →
notablyActiveDuring	Battle of Britain → early years of the Second World War →
oversaw	implementation of the Dowding system of air defence →
partOf	Royal Air Force →
peacetimeRole	air defence of the United Kingdom mainland →
rankHeldByPost	Air Chief Marshal → Air Marshal →
reportsTo	Air Council →
responsibleFor	air defence of the United Kingdom → air defence strategy for the British Isles → coordination of radar and ground-controlled interception in UK air defence → fighter air defence of Britain → operational control of RAF fighter squadrons in the UK →
serviceBranch	Royal Air Force →
subordinateTo	Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom) →
typeOfCommand	operational command →
usedTitle	AOC-in-C Fighter Command →
wartimeRole	direction of fighter operations against enemy air attacks on Britain →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basil Embry → Clive Loader ("Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command") → David Lee ("Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command") → Frederick Rosier → Hugh Dowding → Hugh Dowding → John Day → John Daykin ("Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command") → Roderic Hill → Trafford Leigh-Mallory →	positionHeld
Battle of Britain ("RAF Fighter Command") →	defensiveForce
AOC-in-C Fighter Command →	fullForm
Dowding system ("RAF Fighter Command") →	usedBy