He joined the 1st Rhodesia Regiment at the outbreak of the First World War and saw action in South Africa and South West Africa. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, GCB, OBE, AFC (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as " Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as " Butcher" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War.īorn in Gloucestershire, Harris emigrated to Rhodesia in 1910, aged 17. Manager of the South African Marine Corporation Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Officer of the Order of the British Empireĭistinguished Service Medal (United States)Ĭhief Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 24 April 1944
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