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Teorico della guerra aerea, fu sostenitore intransigente della strategia del bombardamento strategico contro le città della potenza nemica da parte di grandi masse di bombardieri pesanti, ritenuti l'arma assoluta in grado di raggiungere da soli la vittoria senza il concorso di grandi eserciti terrestri.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the "Father of the Royal Air Force."
11 apr 2024 · Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (born Feb. 3, 1873, Taunton, Somerset, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1956, London) was a British officer and air marshal who helped lay the foundations of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Trenchard entered the army in 1893 and served in the South African War and later in Nigeria.
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by Sir William Orpen, 1917. The Imperial War Museum, London. Trenchard, Hugh Montague, first Viscount Trenchard ( 1873–1956 ), air force officer, was born at Windsor Lodge, Haines Hill, Taunton, Somerset, on 3 February 1873, the second son and third of six children of Henry Montague Trenchard (1838–1914), solicitor, and his wife, Georgina ...
12 feb 2024 · Published: 12 February 2024. Categories: In Memory , History and heritage , RAF Family. On 8 February 2024, the RAF Chapel hosted the annual memorial for Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, the ‘Father of the RAF’.
was Britain’s Hugh M. Trenchard. Yet, Trenchard today rates barely a footnote in most histories of air-power. When mentioned at all, he is remembered mainly as an advocate of an independent air force and as the first true practitioner of strategic bombing. In his day, Trenchard was known as the father of the Royal Air Force—
14 mag 2018 · views updated May 14 2018. Trenchard, Hugh, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956). Soldier and airman. ‘Boom’ Trenchard began his service career as an infantryman. By 1912, when he learned to fly, he was a major whose career appeared to be going nowhere.
