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Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (23 December 1893 – 29 October 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a squadron commander during the First World War, he served as a flying instructor during the inter-war years before becoming Director of Staff Duties and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff at the Air Ministry. From 1949 to 1964 he served as chairman of British European Airways.

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  • El Mariscal de la RAF William Sholto Douglas, 1r Baró Douglas de Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (23 de desembre de 1893 - 29 d'octubre de 1969) va ser un alt comandament de la RAF abans i durant la Segona Guerra Mundial. Va néixer a , Oxfordshire, fill del Professor . Va assistir a Oxford. Amb l'esclat de la I Guerra Mundial va ser oficial a l'Artilleria Reial. El 1915, després d'una discussió amb el seu oficial superior, va ser destinat al Royal Flying Corps, unint-se al com a observador. Aviat seguí el curs de pilot. Al setembre de 1917 era major i Oficial Comandant del 84è Esquadró. L'esquadró esdevingué una de les principals unitats de caces de la RAF el 1918, i al final de la guerra havia rebut una Creu Militar i una Creu dels Vols Distingits. Durant l'època d'entreguerres treballà com a pilot comercial, reallistant-se a la RAF el 1920 després d'una trobada casual amb Hugh Trenchard. Esdevingué instructor de la RAF abans de ser nomenat pel Ministeri de l'Aire el 1936. Va ser promogut a Vicemariscal de l'Aire el 1938 i va ser nomenat assistent en cap de l'Estat Major de l'Aire. Durant la II Guerra Mundial, ell i Trafford Leigh-Mallory van topar amb el comandant de l'11è Grup, Keith Park, així com amb el Cap de la Comandància de Caces, Hugh Dowding, sobre l'estratègia a seguir a la Batalla d'Anglaterra. Douglas volia una estratègia més agressiva amb la . Quan Charles Portal va ser nomenat Cap de l'Estat Major de l'Aire a l'octubre de 1940, recolzà a Douglas, reemplaçant a Park i a Dowding i nomenant Douglas perquè substituís a Dowding com a Cap de la Comandància de Caces. El 1942 Douglas va ser substituït a la Comandància de Caces per Leigh-Mallory i va ser enviat a Egipte, sent el comandant de la RAF a l'Orient Mitjà el 1943. Douglas tornà a Anglaterra el 1944 per encapçalar la durant la invasió de Normandia. Douglas va ser ben recompensat després de la guerra. Va ser el primer comandant de la Zona d'Ocupació Britànica a Alemanya, i el 1946 va ser promogut a Mariscal de la RAF, sent un dels dos únics homes que han arribat a aquest rang sense ser Cap de l'Estat Major de l'Aire. El 1948 va ser elevat a la noblesa com Baró Douglas de Kirtleside. Es retirà el 1948 i esdevingué president de la BEA el 1949, càrrec que ocupà fins al 1964. (ca)
  • William Sholto Douglas, 1. Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (* 23. Dezember 1893 in Headington, Oxfordshire (England); † 29. Oktober 1969 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent (England)) war ein britischer Offizier der Royal Air Force, zuletzt Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Sholto Douglas fungierte von 1946 bis 1947 als Militärgouverneur in der Britischen Besatzungszone im Nachkriegsdeutschland. (de)
  • William Sholto Douglas, 1er baron Douglas of Kirtleside, né le 23 décembre 1893 à Headington et mort le 29 octobre 1969 à Northampton, est un militaire britannique. (fr)
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (23 December 1893 – 29 October 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a squadron commander during the First World War, he served as a flying instructor during the inter-war years before becoming Director of Staff Duties and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff at the Air Ministry. During the Second World War Douglas clashed with other senior commanders over strategy in the Battle of Britain. Douglas argued for a more aggressive engagement with a 'Big Wing' strategy i.e. using massed fighters to defend the United Kingdom against enemy bombers. He then became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command in which role he was responsible for rebuilding the command's strength after the attrition of the Battle of Britain, but also for bringing it on the offensive to wrest the initiative in the air from the German Luftwaffe. Douglas went on to be Air Officer Commanding in Chief of RAF Middle East Command in which role he was an advocate of Operation Accolade, a planned British amphibious assault on Rhodes and the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea, and was disappointed when it was abandoned. He became commander of the British Zone of Occupation in Germany after the war. From 1949 to 1964 he served as chairman of British European Airways. (en)
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (Headington, 23 december 1893 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, 29 oktober 1969) was een Britse officier in de Royal Air Force tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. (nl)
  • William Sholto Douglas è stato un generale britannico, maresciallo della Royal Air Force durante la seconda guerra mondiale. (it)
  • Уильям Шолто Дуглас (англ. William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside; 23 декабря 1893 — 29 октября 1969) — британский военачальник, Маршал Королевских ВВС (1 января 1946). Один из руководителей британских ВВС в битве за Англию. 1-й барон Дуглас Киртлсайдский (1948). (ru)
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  • British Air Forces of Occupation(1945–46)
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  • Coastal Command(1944–45)
  • Fighter Command(1940–42)
  • No. 43 Squadron(1916–17)
  • No. 84 Squadron(1917–18)
  • RAF Middle East Command(1943–44)
  • RAF North Weald(1928–29)
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  • A heart Gules imperially crowned Proper between two wings displayed Or. (en)
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  • Northampton, England (en)
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  • Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a heart Gules imperially crowned Proper on a chief Azure three mullets of the first , 2nd & 3rd Azure a bend between six cross crosslets fitchée Or , all within a bordure engrailed Gules on a canton sinister Sable an eagle displayed Or. (en)
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  • Forward And Aloft , Jamais Arrière (en)
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  • The Lord Douglas of Kirtleside (en)
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  • Two horses Azure winged crined and hooved Or. (en)
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  • April–November 1940 (en)
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  • William Sholto Douglas, 1. Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (* 23. Dezember 1893 in Headington, Oxfordshire (England); † 29. Oktober 1969 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent (England)) war ein britischer Offizier der Royal Air Force, zuletzt Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Sholto Douglas fungierte von 1946 bis 1947 als Militärgouverneur in der Britischen Besatzungszone im Nachkriegsdeutschland. (de)
  • William Sholto Douglas, 1er baron Douglas of Kirtleside, né le 23 décembre 1893 à Headington et mort le 29 octobre 1969 à Northampton, est un militaire britannique. (fr)
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (Headington, 23 december 1893 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, 29 oktober 1969) was een Britse officier in de Royal Air Force tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. (nl)
  • William Sholto Douglas è stato un generale britannico, maresciallo della Royal Air Force durante la seconda guerra mondiale. (it)
  • Уильям Шолто Дуглас (англ. William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside; 23 декабря 1893 — 29 октября 1969) — британский военачальник, Маршал Королевских ВВС (1 января 1946). Один из руководителей британских ВВС в битве за Англию. 1-й барон Дуглас Киртлсайдский (1948). (ru)
  • El Mariscal de la RAF William Sholto Douglas, 1r Baró Douglas de Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (23 de desembre de 1893 - 29 d'octubre de 1969) va ser un alt comandament de la RAF abans i durant la Segona Guerra Mundial. Durant l'època d'entreguerres treballà com a pilot comercial, reallistant-se a la RAF el 1920 després d'una trobada casual amb Hugh Trenchard. Esdevingué instructor de la RAF abans de ser nomenat pel Ministeri de l'Aire el 1936. Va ser promogut a Vicemariscal de l'Aire el 1938 i va ser nomenat assistent en cap de l'Estat Major de l'Aire. (ca)
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC (23 December 1893 – 29 October 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a squadron commander during the First World War, he served as a flying instructor during the inter-war years before becoming Director of Staff Duties and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff at the Air Ministry. From 1949 to 1964 he served as chairman of British European Airways. (en)
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  • William Sholto Douglas (ca)
  • Sholto Douglas, 1. Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (de)
  • Sholto Douglas (fr)
  • Sholto Douglas (it)
  • William Sholto Douglas (nl)
  • Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (en)
  • Дуглас, Уильям Шолто (ru)
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  • The Lord Douglas of Kirtleside (en)
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