Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
Military Person
1890 – 1967
Who was Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder?
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB was a senior British air force commander. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years. During the Second World War, as Air Officer Commanding RAF Middle East Command, Tedder commanded air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including the evacuation of Crete and Operation Crusader in North Africa. His bombing tactics became known as the "Tedder Carpet". Later in the War Tedder took command of Mediterranean Air Command and in that role was closely involved in the planning of the Allied invasion of Sicily and then the Allied invasion of Italy. When Operation Overlord—the invasion of France—came to be planned, Tedder was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander at SHAEF under General Eisenhower. After the War he served as Chief of the Air Staff in which role he advocated increased recruiting in the face of many airmen leaving the service, doubled the size of RAF Fighter Command and implemented arrangements for the Berlin Airlift in 1948.
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- Born
- Jul 11, 1890
Stirling - Also known as
- Arthur William Tedder
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Magdalene College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Whitgift School
- Central Flying School
- Employment
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Jun 3, 1967
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on July 23, 2013
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