Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command

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military command position senior Royal Air Force appointment

The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command was the senior Royal Air Force post responsible for directing Britain's strategic bombing operations, particularly during the Second World War.

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Label Occurrences
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command canonical 3
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Bomber Command 1
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military command position ⓘ
senior Royal Air Force appointment ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Royal Air Force ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasRole advising the Air Staff on bomber operations ⓘ
command of Bomber Command ⓘ
coordination with other RAF commands ⓘ
direction of strategic bombing operations ⓘ
implementation of air strategy ⓘ
operational control of bomber forces ⓘ
planning of bombing campaigns ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel air officer commanding-in-chief ⓘ
senior command ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
surface form: High Wycombe (Bomber Command HQ)
notableOfficeHolder Sir Andrew Humphrey ⓘ
Arthur Harris ⓘ
surface form: Sir Arthur Harris

David Craig ⓘ
surface form: Sir David Craig

Sir David Lee ⓘ
Sir Denis Barnett ⓘ
Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt ⓘ
Sir George Mills ⓘ
Sir Hugh Lloyd ⓘ
Sir John Aiken ⓘ
Sir John Grandy ⓘ
Sir John Lapsley ⓘ
Sir John Thompson ⓘ
Sir Michael Beetham ⓘ
Sir Neville Stack ⓘ
Sir Norman Bottomley ⓘ
Sir Patrick Hine ⓘ
Sir Peter Terry ⓘ
Sir Richard Peirse ⓘ
Sir Roger Palin ⓘ
Sir Thomas Prickett ⓘ
Sir Timothy Jenner ⓘ
Sir Wallace Kyle ⓘ
partOf Bomber Command ⓘ
responsibleFor Britain's strategic bombing campaign against Germany ⓘ
allocation of bomber resources ⓘ
night bombing operations over Europe ⓘ
selection of strategic targets ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
subordinateTo Air Council ⓘ
Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 1939–1945 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
typicallyHeldByRank Air Chief Marshal ⓘ
Air Marshal ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

early post-war period ⓘ

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

Arthur Harris → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group RAF → historicalSubordination → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command ⓘ
Bomber Harris → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Harris
Bomber Harris → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Harris
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Bomber Command
Bomber Offensive → portraysRoleOf → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command headquarters → commandedBy → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command