Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt GCB GBE CMG DSO MC RAF (9 June 1886 – 15 August 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
During the First World War Ludlow-Hewitt 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 Commander-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.
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| Preceded by H R M Brooke-Popham |
Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command 1930–1932 |
Succeeded by C L Courtney |
| Preceded by Sir John Steel |
Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command 1937–1940 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Portal |
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