Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt

Infobox Military Person
name=Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
lived=9 June, 1886 – 15 August, 1973
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=


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allegiance= flag|United Kingdom
serviceyears=1905 - 1945
rank=Air Chief Marshal
branch= air force|United Kingdom
commands= Bomber Command
Iraq Command
RAF Staff College, Andover
No. 3 Squadron RFC
No. 15 Squadron
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mention in Despatches (6)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt GCB, GBE, CMG, DSO, MC, DL (9 June, 1886 – 15 August, 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

Ludlow-Hewitt was originally commissioned into the Royal Irish Rifles, but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps before the First World War. During the war he served first as a pilot in No 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and then later as the Officer Commanding No 15 Squadron and No 3 Squadron on the Western Front.

In 1937 Ludlow-Hewitt was appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Bomber Command. However Ludlow-Hewitt was replaced by Portal in April 1940 as he was not considered to be sufficiently ruthless to lead Bomber Command during the Second World War.

References

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Ludlow-Hewitt.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chf Mshl Ludlow-Hewitt]

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title=Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command
before=H R M Brooke-Popham
after=C L Courtney
years=1930–1932
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