[DOWDING HUGH]: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. An interesting original typescript entitled Dowding - Notes on His Life prepared by historian Robert Wright (1906-1992) while in the process of researching his book Dowding and the Battle of Britain (1969). The typescript contains over two hundred 4to pages, the result of Dowding's own recollections, covering his early life and family background, experiences with the Royal Flying Corps, his time in Palestine in 1929, recollections of various individuals including Hugh Trenchard, John Salmond, William Sholto Douglas, Arthur Tedder, Lord Beaverbrook, Robert Watson Watt, Winston Churchill Harry Hopkins etc., as well as his post-War career, belief in Spiritualism and ('the most dreadful confession of all') Flying saucers etc.
[DOWDING HUGH]: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. An interesting original typescript entitled Dowding - Notes on His Life prepared by historian Robert Wright (1906-1992) while in the process of researching his book Dowding and the Battle of Britain (1969). The typescript contains over two hundred 4to pages, the result of Dowding's own recollections, covering his early life and family background, experiences with the Royal Flying Corps, his time in Palestine in 1929, recollections of various individuals including Hugh Trenchard, John Salmond, William Sholto Douglas, Arthur Tedder, Lord Beaverbrook, Robert Watson Watt, Winston Churchill Harry Hopkins etc., as well as his post-War career, belief in Spiritualism and ('the most dreadful confession of all') Flying saucers etc.
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