Arthur Harris

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Royal Air Force officer air marshal human military leader

Arthur Harris was a senior British air officer in World War II who led the Royal Air Force's strategic bombing campaign against Germany as head of Bomber Command.

Aliases (6)

Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris ×1
Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ×1
Arthur Travers Harris ×1
Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris ×1
Sir Arthur Harris ×1
Sir Arthur Travers Harris ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force officer → air marshal → human → military leader →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
alsoKnownAs	Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet → Bomber Harris → Sir Arthur Harris →
appointedAs	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command in 1942 →
awardReceived	Air Force Cross → Distinguished Service Order → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire → Legion of Merit → Order of Suvorov →
birthDate	1892-04-13 →
birthPlace	Cheltenham → England → Gloucestershire →
commanded	RAF Bomber Command →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1984-04-05 →
deathPlace	England → Goring-on-Thames → Oxfordshire →
education	Allhallows School →
fullName	Arthur Travers Harris →
hasMonument	Bomber Harris statue in London →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
honorificTitle	Baronet →
implementedPolicy	area bombing of German cities → strategic bombing of German industrial targets →
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force →
militaryRank	Marshal of the Royal Air Force →
notableFor	area bombing strategy against German cities → leading the Royal Air Force strategic bombing campaign against Germany in World War II →
occupation	military officer →
placeOfBurial	Burntwood Cemetery, Goring-on-Thames →
positionHeld	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command → head of RAF Bomber Command →
servedIn	British Army → Royal Air Force → Royal Flying Corps →
serviceEnd	1946 →
serviceStart	1910 →
subjectOf	historical debate over morality of strategic bombing →
wrote	Bomber Offensive →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → Battle of Berlin (air campaign) ("Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris") → Battle of Hamburg → Battle of the Ruhr → Big Week → Operation Hydra →	commander
Arthur Harris ("Sir Arthur Harris") → Arthur Harris ("Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet") →	alsoKnownAs
Royal Air Force Bomber Command → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ("Sir Arthur Travers Harris") →	notableCommander
Royal Air Force strategic bombing doctrine →	associatedWithLeader
Operation Millennium ("Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris") →	commandedBy
Arthur Harris ("Arthur Travers Harris") →	fullName