biography
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Leigh-Mallory, Sir Trafford
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pronunciation:
[lee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1944)
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| biography:
| British air force officer, born in Cheshire, NWC England, UK. He studied at Oxford, and served with the Royal Flying Corps in World War 1. In World War 2 he commanded groups in Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain. He was commander-in-chief of Fighter Command (1942–4), and of Allied expeditionary air forces for the Normandy landings (1944). He was killed in an aircraft accident en route to his new appointment as commander-in-chief of Allied air forces in SE Asia. |
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