Hugh Saunders

Hugh Saunders

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh William Lumsden Saunders GCB KBE MC DFC and Bar MM RAF (24 August, 1894 – 8 May, 1987) was a South African who rose through the ranks to become a senior Royal Air Force commander.

During the First World War, Saunders served first as a soldier in the South African Rifles and then as a pilot in No 84 Squadron Royal Flying Corps.

From 1942 to 1944, Saunders was Air Officer Commanding No 11 Group, Fighter Command. After the end of World War II, he briefly served as Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command.

References

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

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