Charles Portal

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Chief of the Air Staff Marshal of the Royal Air Force Royal Air Force officer human military leader

Charles Portal was a senior Royal Air Force commander who served as Chief of the Air Staff for Britain during most of the Second World War and played a key role in Allied strategic air operations.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief of the Air Staff → Marshal of the Royal Air Force → Royal Air Force officer → human → military leader →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) → Distinguished Service Order → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Military Cross → Order of Merit →
birthDate	1893-04-21 →
birthPlace	Berkshire → England → Hungerford →
conflict	First World War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
deathDate	1971-04-22 →
deathPlace	England NERFINISHED → London → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford → Winchester College NERFINISHED →
employer	British Armed Forces → Royal Air Force →
familyName	Portal →
fieldOfWork	air warfare strategy → military strategy →
fullName	Charles Frederick Algernon Portal →
givenName	Charles →
honorificTitle	1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford →
memberOf	Air Council → British Chiefs of Staff Committee →
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force →
militaryRank	Marshal of the Royal Air Force →
nobleTitle	Viscount Portal of Hungerford →
notableWork	Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe → planning of Allied strategic air operations in the Second World War →
participatedIn	Battle of Britain (as senior commander) → strategic bombing of Germany in World War II →
positionHeld	Chief of the Air Staff → Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force → Chief of the Air Staff of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	Cyril Newall NERFINISHED →
serviceEnd	1946 →
serviceStart	1914 →
succeededBy	Arthur Tedder →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Royal Air Force strategic bombing doctrine →	associatedWithLeader
Combined Chiefs of Staff →	hasMember
Combined Chiefs of Staff →	notableMember