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Eisenhower was at the head of the table. Grouped around him were the leaders of his team: his deputy, Air Chief Marshal Tedder; Admiral Ramsay, General Montgomery, the tactical air force (ground support) chief, Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory; Lieut...
...Knockout. There could be no formal report, of course, yet top airmen Tedder, Spaatz, Harris, Anderson, Eaker, Brereton and the rest must be turning over in their minds what such a report should be. It would be short of the claims of Billy Mitchell, but in the main it would nonetheless be favorable...
...Allies, the crushing load pressed most heavily on sunny General Dwight David Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander, his brilliant, pipe-smoking deputy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, on airmen like Britain's Leigh-Mallory and the U.S.'s "Tooey" Spaatz, on seamen like Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey and U.S. Rear Admiral Alan Kirk. And a special weight pressed on two of their top subordinates: Cromwellian General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, and Lincolnesque Lieut. General Omar Nelson Bradley, A.U.S...
...ship crashed 20 yards from the inspection party and skidded into a ditch, scraping the bombs along the rough ground. Among the brass hats who hit the dirt and hugged it were Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham and Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst. Said the philosophical pilot, emerging from the wreckage...
...Team. Under Eisenhower, the invasion command is largely British. Wiry, brilliant Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder of Mediterranean air fame, is to be Deputy Supreme Commander-in effect the executive officer directing the entire massive campaign by land, sea and air. The Royal Navy's Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay will be chief of Allied Naval Forces; the R.A.F.'s Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, chief of Allied Tactical Air Forces...