I\u2019ve been admiring a biography of Arthur Harris by Henry Probart, one of several books I realised I should have read after finishing my latest book Moral Combat.<\/p>\n
He resembles Curtis LeMay in several respects, notably taciturnity. Both men were also highly accomplished pilots, who knew every technical detail of aircraft. I hadn\u2019t realised that Harris had been a fighter ace in WW1, shooting down five enemy planes. Flying over Passchendaele also left a deep impression on him, the carnage below influencing his resolve never to repeat it in the conflict he served in as a senior commander.<\/p>\n
Probart also shows how despite differenes in strategy, Harris\u2019s relations with US Eighth Army Airforce were excellent. Apparently Ira Eaker lodged with Harris and his second wife Jill. I also hadn\u2019t grasped how so many men from the Dominions served in Bomber Command (43% actually) notably Canadians who had their own national group. What a debt of gratitude we owe them.<\/p>\n
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