Sir Dr Arthur Harris OBE GCB AFC LLD DSM 1st Baronet
(1892-1984)
Doctor of Law, Air Force Cross recipient (from 1918), Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (from 1927), Chief of Bomber Command (1942-1945), Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1942-1945), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (from 1945), Marshal of the Royal Air Force (from 1946), Distinguished Service Medal recipient (from 1946), and 1st Baronet Harris of Chipping Wycombe (from 1953)
Died aged c. 92
Wikidata WikipediaArthur Harris may refer to: * Sir Arthur Harris (High Sheriff of Essex) (1530–1597), High Sheriff of Essex, England * Arthur Harris (MP) (died 1632), Member of Parliament for Maldon and Essex, and High Sheriff of Essex for 1625–26 * Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, of Stowford (1650–1686), English politician * Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892–1984), head of RAF Bomber Command during World War II * Arthur H. Harris, American mammalogist and paleontologist * James Arthur Harris (1880–1930), American botanist and biometrician * Art Harris (1947–2007), American basketball player * Arthur Harris, a character from The Odd Job, a 1978 comedy film starring Graham Chapman of Monty Python * A. Brooks Harris (born 1935), American physicist * Arthur Harris (polo) (1890–1968), American polo playerThis disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur T. Harris BT GCB OBE AFC LLD. Chief of Bomber Command during the 2nd World War Born here 13th April 1892
3 Queen’s Parade, Cheltenham, United Kingdom where they was born (1892)
Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris BT GCB OBE AFC In memory of a great Commander and of the brave crews of Bomber Command. More than 55,000 of whom lost their lives in the cause of freedom. The nation owes them all an immense debt.
Statue of Arthur Harris - St Clement Danes - Strand, London, United Kingdom where they is commemorated