Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:award gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit_(United_States)
Air Force Cross
Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-04-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cheltenham,_Gloucestershire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Burntwood_Cemetery,_Goring-on-Thames
gptkbp:child gptkb:Jacqueline_Harris
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:No._3_Group_RAF
gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkb:No._4_Group_RAF
gptkb:No._5_Group_RAF
gptkb:No._44_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._58_Squadron_RAF
No. 45 Squadron RFC
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:controversy Area bombing of German cities
gptkbp:deathDate 1984-04-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Goring-on-Thames,_Oxfordshire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Allhallows_School
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Arthur_Travers_Harris
gptkbp:honoraryDegree Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Bath
Honorary Doctor of Science, Cranfield University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Statue_at_St_Clement_Danes,_London
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Bomber_Harris
gptkbp:notableFor Strategic bombing campaign against Germany
Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War II
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Caroline_Harris
gptkb:George_Steel_Travers_Harris
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Bomber_Offensive_(autobiography)
gptkbp:rank Air Chief Marshal
gptkbp:retired 1946
gptkbp:serviceYears 1910–1946
gptkbp:signature Arthur Harris signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Daisy_Kyrle_Money
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Bomber_Harris_(1989_film)
numerous biographies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Obviate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6