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Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

1892 - 1984

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butcher" or "Butch" 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. Born in Gloucestershire, Harris emigrated to Rhodesia in 1910, aged 17. He joined the 1st Rhodesia Regiment at the outbreak of the First World War and saw action in South Africa and South West Africa. In 1915, Harris returned to England to fight in the European theatre of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet is the 10th most popular pilot (down from 9th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 555th in 2019) and the most popular British Pilot.

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, was a British air marshal. He is most famous for being the commander of the Royal Air Force in the bombing of Dresden, Germany.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 10 out of 71. Before him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Chesley Sullenberger, Sabiha Gökçen, Hanna Reitsch, Adolf Galland, and Ernst Udet. After him are Francis Gary Powers, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Chuck Yeager, Marina Raskova, and Valery Chkalov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 50. Before him are Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, József Mindszenty, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Alexandre Koyré, and V. Gordon Childe. After him are Kang Pan-sok, Margaret Rutherford, Nikolai Kondratiev, E. H. Carr, Oswald Pohl, and Hjalmar Siilasvuo. Among people deceased in 1984, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 35. Before him are Lionel Robbins, Jiro Miyake, Stanley Milgram, Oleg Antonov, Philippe Ariès, and Vincent J. McMahon. After him are Motoo Tatsuhara, Viktor Shklovsky, Karl Rahner, Dmitry Ustinov, Kim Sung-gan, and Henri Michaux.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 845 out of 8,785. Before him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), John Newlands (1837), and Cynegils (575). After him are Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Samuel Richardson (1689), Eadwig (940), Sawney Bean (1600), and Daniel Rutherford (1749).

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Among PILOTS In United Kingdom

Among pilots born in United Kingdom, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 1. After him are Amy Johnson (1903).

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