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Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes of vast land campaigns, cannot now disengage her air power for a strategically proper application. She missed victory through air power by a hair's breadth in 1940. . . . We ourselves are now at the crossroads.

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

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Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
Age: 91 †
Born: 1892
Born: April 13
Died: 1984
Died: April 5
Aircraft Pilot
Military Officer
Officer Commanding
Cheltenham Spa
Arthur Harris
Sir Arthur Harris
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris
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