Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a
Air Marshall W Sholto Douglas, CB, MC, DFC
Air Marshal Sir William Sholto Douglas, Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command (left) during a visit to No 61 OTU at Heston, November 1941
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Sholto Douglas, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Middle East Command (left) with Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park in the garden at HQ, Malta
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Remai
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside
…During the Second World War Douglas clashed with other senior commanders over strategy in the Battle of Britain. Douglas supported Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory who argued for a 'Big Wing' strategy i.e. using massed fighters to defend the United Kingdom against enemy bombers. After the Battle of Britain, Douglas…
Leigh-Mallory in c. 1944
Leigh-Mallory at No. 11 Group Headquarters, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
Leigh-Mallory at a squadron briefing in France in September 1944.