THE FIGHTER COMMAND
HONOUR BESTOWED ON LEADER ißritlsh Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 30. (Received Oct. 1, at 5.5 p.m.) The King has appointed Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to be a Knight of the Grand Cross (Military Division) of the Bath. Sir Hugh Dowding is Commander-in-Chief of the Fighter Command, This high anpoihtment to the order of chivalrv mav be taken as an acknowledgment of the success of his Fighter Command, obtained against tb£ enemy air force. Resnonsible for > the air defence of Britain, which includes command of the balloon barrage, anti-aircraft guns, searchlights and a network of Observer Corps. Sir Hugh Dowding is also charged with the duty of deciding when air-raid warnings should be sounded.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24418, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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118THE FIGHTER COMMAND Otago Daily Times, Issue 24418, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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