Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal was a senior Royal Air Force commander who served as Chief of the Air Staff during most of the Second World War and played a key role in directing Britain’s air strategy.

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instanceOf British military leader
Chief of the Air Staff
Royal Air Force officer
human
allegiance United Kingdom
appointedAs Chief of the Air Staff in October 1940
awardReceived Croix de Guerre (France) NERFINISHED
Distinguished Service Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Legion of Merit (United States) NERFINISHED
Military Cross
Order of Merit
birthDate 1893-05-21
birthPlace Hungerford, Berkshire, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace St Michael and All Angels Church, Hungerford, Berkshire NERFINISHED
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdPeer Viscount Portal of Hungerford in 1946
deathDate 1971-04-22
deathPlace Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England NERFINISHED
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Winchester College NERFINISHED
fullName Charles Frederick Algernon Portal NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Air Chief Marshal
Sir
memberOf Royal Air Force Council NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Royal Air Force
militaryRank Air Chief Marshal
militaryUnit Royal Air Force Bomber Command NERFINISHED
Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford NERFINISHED
notableFor directing Britain’s air strategy during the Second World War
oversight of RAF Bomber Command strategic bombing campaign
service as Chief of the Air Staff from 1940 to 1945
parentOf Alexandra Portal NERFINISHED
Rosemary Portal NERFINISHED
playedKeyRoleIn development of Allied strategic bombing policy in Europe during WWII
positionHeld Air Member for Personnel NERFINISHED
Chairman of the British Aluminium Company
Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation
Chief of the Air Staff NERFINISHED
Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command NERFINISHED
Director of Organization, Air Ministry NERFINISHED
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
serviceNumber Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force officer
spouse Joan Margaret Welby NERFINISHED

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British War Cabinet hasMember Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal