Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt, GCB, GBE, CMG, DSO, MC, DL (9 June 1886 – 15 August 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He...
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officers in command of RAF India were normally of a lower rank, Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt was promoted to the rank in 1937, towards the end of his tenure as...
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General Ludlow may refer to: George Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow (1758–1842), British Army general William Ludlow (1843–1901), U.S. Army major general Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt...
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for Great Yarmouth Dick Lucas, evangelical Anglican preacher Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, air chief marshal James Charles Macnab of Macnab, soldier and chief...
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spring of 1938, was rebuffed by the U.S. Navy. Air Chief Marshal Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, commanding RAF Bomber Command, demanded Air Ministry action. They...
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Baldwin sent his report to the Bomber Command Commander-in-Chief, Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, who replied on 23 December and joined Baldwin in condemning the...
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Earl Ludlow, extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt (1886–1973), Royal Air Force commander in World War I Edward Hunter Ludlow (1810-1884)...
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went on to become important military officers, including Lord Gort, Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt and Cyril Newall. After completing the course at Sandhurst, Ismay...
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14 July 1936 12 September 1937 1 year, 60 days 2 Ludlow, EdgarAir Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt (1886–1973) 12 September 1937 3 April 1940 2 years...
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on the failure to prevent the break-out before Air Chief Marshal Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt and Vice Admiral Hugh Binney. On 20 February 1942 Finucane flew a...
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Riverdale 1943: Prince of Berar; Thomas Blamey; Henry Hallett Dale; Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt; Percy Noble; William Platt; William Charles Wright 1944: Cowasji...
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October 1932 2 March 1935 4 years, 24 days 2 Ludlow-Hewitt, EdgarAir Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt KCB, CMG, DSO, MC (1886–1973) 2 March 1935 29...
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still flew regularly as an observer with the new commanding Officer, Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, who had taken over command on 20 November 1915. He recorded a flight...
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Personnel 1939–1940 Succeeded by Sir Leslie Gossage Preceded by Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command 1940 Succeeded by Sir Richard Peirse...
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1898. In January 1926, Brooke-Popham married Opal Mary, the daughter of Edgar Hugonin. They later had a son and a daughter. After graduating from Sandhurst...
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Field Force of the BEF. When Air Marshal Charles Portal replaced Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt as AOC-in-C Bomber Command on 3 April, he prevented the second echelon...
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Charles Burnett Inspector-General of the RAF 1940 Succeeded by Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Preceded by Charles Portal Air Member for Personnel 1940 Succeeded by...
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4253. Barrass, Malcolm (30 September 2007). "Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 16...
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Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt From May 1940 to November 1943, a second inspector-general was appointed in addition to Ludlow-Hewitt who continued...
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Kingdom Assyrian Levies Barzan tribe Commanders and leaders Faisal I Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Ahmed Barzani Mustafa Barzani Units involved RAF Iraq Command...
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conical scanning. Shortly after Lovell began working on such a system, Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, Inspector General for the RAF, visited the Rowe. After the visit...
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March 1939, the head of RAF Bomber Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt hosted a conference on the state of Bomber Command. Among the many...
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where he was Personal Staff Officer to the AOC Air Vice Marshal Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt. 36 Sqn deployed to Singapore in November 1930 and its role at Donibristle...
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of Operations and Intelligence) 1 February 1933 Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt (Also Director of Operations and Intelligence) 26 January 1935 Air...
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centimetric radar, including AIS. Shortly thereafter, on 21 October, Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, Inspector General for the RAF, visited the team. After the visit...
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Preceded by Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command Temporary appointment 1932 Succeeded by Charles Burnett Preceded by Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Deputy...
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Salmond Air Officer Commanding RAF India 1931–1935 Succeeded by Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Preceded by Sir Robert Brooke-Popham Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief...
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Fifth Wing, RFC 1916–1917 Succeeded by Amyas Borton Preceded by Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Commandant RAF Staff College, Andover 1930–1933 Succeeded by Wilfrid...
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pre-arranged meeting on bombsight policy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt stated flatly that the CSBS did not meet RAF requirements and asked...
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pre-arranged meeting on 22 December 1939, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt made a request for a new bombsight that did not require such a long...
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