Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, was a British military officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the "F
Trenchard in RAF full dress c. 1930
Trenchard aged 14 as a militia cadet
After winning the Freshman and Novices' Cups for 1901
Trenchard (shown left) in South Africa
Chief of the Air Staff is the title of the professional head of the Royal Air Force, who is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Air Force Board. The post was created in 1918, with M
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
…during the First World War, serving as the commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France from 1915 to 1917. In 1918, he briefly served as the first Chief of the Air Staff before taking up command of the Independent Air Force in France. Returning as Chief of the Air Staff under Winston Churchill in 1919, Trenchard spent…
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Major General Sir Hugh Trenchard
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