Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO & Bar (11 July 1892 – 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as...
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George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions...
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Leigh Mallory is the name of: Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), British airman George Leigh Mallory (1886–1924), British mountaineer Mallory This disambiguation...
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Vice-Marshal Keith Park, and Patrick Wymark as Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Directed by Guy Hamilton and produced by Harry Saltzman and S....
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during the Battle of Britain by 12 Group commander Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and Acting Squadron Leader Douglas Bader. In essence, the tactic...
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into conflict with proponents of the Big Wing tactic, most notably Trafford Leigh-Mallory and Douglas Bader, which along with the inadaquecies of RAF's nighttime...
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Montgomery, and air command was assigned to Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. The First Canadian Army included personnel and units from Poland...
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Supplement to The London Gazette. pp. 5109–5124. Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (2 January 1947). "Air Operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air...
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the Order of the Bath on 11 July 1940. During 1940, Douglas and Trafford Leigh-Mallory clashed with the head of No. 11 Group, Keith Park, and the head...
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the Mallory family: George Mallory (1886–1924), a mountaineer who died attempting Mount Everest, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944)...
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English Arthurian romances Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), senior Royal Air Force officer during WWII Victoria Mallory, the stage name of the American...
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of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his "Big Wing" experiments. In August 1941, Bader baled out...
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instead of AEAF. Its commander was also not universally liked. Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory was regarded by some as being too inept for his place in the high...
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emergency appendectomy. Park's appointment affronted Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, the commander of neighbouring No. 12 Group, which covered the Midlands...
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Quintin Brand 11 Group Commander, Keith Park 12 Group Commander, Trafford Leigh-Mallory 13 Group Commander, Richard Saul During early tests of the Chain...
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Trafford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. Trafford may also refer to: Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), British Air Chief Marshal...
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early proponents of the Big Wing conspiracy theory that blamed Trafford Leigh-Mallory and the British Air Ministry for Dowding's removal from command...
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Pemberton Leigh, 1st Baron Kingsdown (1793–1867), eldest son of Thomas Pemberton Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), air chief marshal Vera Leigh (1903–1944)...
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marking scheme was approved on May 17, 1944, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, commanding the Allied Expeditionary Air Force. A small-scale test...
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commander of 12 Group during the Battle of Britain was Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, who was a rather ambitious man. Despite his length of service in...
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Group, Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, who used the Big Wing controversy to criticise Park's tactics. Leigh-Mallory's lack of support compromised...
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and Keith Park's No. 11 Group RAF. The Big Wing Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and Squadron Leader Douglas Bader came to play significant roles...
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Graves Commission. Bowyer 1979, pp. 249–250. Leigh-Mallory, After Action Report, p. 65 Leigh-Mallory, Trafford (2003), "Air Operations at Dieppe: An After-Action...
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, and Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith...
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also used a York as his personal transport. Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory was killed on 14 November 1944, while flying to his new posting...
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the war, he was a staff officer attached to air chief marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. He relinquished his commission on 21 May 1945, retaining the rank...
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Sun) as Jason Webb Battle of Britain (1969) as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory Cromwell (1970) as The Earl of Strafford The Blood on Satan's Claw...
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Commander-in-Chief, Allied Naval Forces Simon Lack Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF) Louis...
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Douglas 28 November 1942 15 November 1943 Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory 15 November 1943 14 May 1945 Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill...
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Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Jonathan Aris as Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory George Anton as Admiral Bertram Ramsay Steven Cree as Group Captain...
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