[Douglas, William Sholto, 1893-1969], British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command 1940-42. An interesting collection of over 100 original photographs of various sizes relating to Douglas and his career throughout World War I and, primarily, World War II, the images include the aircraft in which Douglas initially trained to be a pilot in France, 1915, various portraits and group poses featuring Douglas in Palestine, Sudan, and many images of Douglas taken during World War II, some with other leading officials including H. H. Arnold, Hugh Trenchard, Winston Churchill (at Cairo, 1943), B. L. Montgomery, Bertram Ramsay, James Doolittle, Dwight Eisenhower, Charles Portal, Jan Smuts etc. (Qty: approx. 100+) The majority of photographs are accompanied by pencil notes in the hand of historian Robert Wright (1906-1992) and were evidently gathered for use in his two-volume biography of Douglas entitled Years of Combat and Years of Command (1966).
[Douglas, William Sholto, 1893-1969], British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command 1940-42. An interesting collection of over 100 original photographs of various sizes relating to Douglas and his career throughout World War I and, primarily, World War II, the images include the aircraft in which Douglas initially trained to be a pilot in France, 1915, various portraits and group poses featuring Douglas in Palestine, Sudan, and many images of Douglas taken during World War II, some with other leading officials including H. H. Arnold, Hugh Trenchard, Winston Churchill (at Cairo, 1943), B. L. Montgomery, Bertram Ramsay, James Doolittle, Dwight Eisenhower, Charles Portal, Jan Smuts etc. (Qty: approx. 100+) The majority of photographs are accompanied by pencil notes in the hand of historian Robert Wright (1906-1992) and were evidently gathered for use in his two-volume biography of Douglas entitled Years of Combat and Years of Command (1966).
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