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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command canonical 16
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command 4
RAF Fighter Command 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military appointment ⓘ
senior Royal Air Force post ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command
associatedWithCommand Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: No. 10 Group RAF

Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: No. 11 Group RAF

No. 12 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 13 Group RAF ⓘ
conflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdToCommand Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command
firstHolder Hugh Dowding ⓘ
surface form: Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
formationDate 14 July 1936 ⓘ
garrison RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command
historicalSignificance key leadership post in British air defence during the Second World War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ
Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form: Stanmore, Middlesex
militaryBranch air force ⓘ
notableHolder Hugh Dowding ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 (24)

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

Battle of Britain → defensiveForce → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Fighter Command
Dowding system → usedBy → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Fighter Command
Hugh Dowding → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Stuffy → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Dowding
AOC-in-C Fighter Command → fullForm → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Roderic Hill
Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Basil Embry
John Day → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
John Daykin → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command
David Lee → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command
Frederick Rosier → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Clive Loader → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command
Leigh-Mallory → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF → subordinateTo → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
John Willis → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
John Willis → notablePosition → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command
John Cheshire → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Fighter Command
Alasdair Steedman → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Thomas Pike → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Dowding family → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
Christopher Courtney → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command
Basil Embry → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Broadhurst