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859:Forward And Aloft (above), Jamais Arrière (below)
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16:British Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1893–1969)
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881:. Vol. 1 (14 ed.). pp. 440–444.
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382:From 1949 to 1964 he served as chairman of
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992:(Supplement). 8 January 1943. p. 270.
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592:on 11 July 1940. During 1940, Douglas and
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438:certificate No 1301. Promoted to
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1955:Baron Douglas of Kirtleside
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758:Baron Douglas of Kirtleside
580:On 22 April 1940, with the
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1807:April–November 1940
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505:on 8 February 1919.
487:Sopwith 1½ Strutters
478:on 14 January 1916.
29:The Right Honourable
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2489:Battle of the Beams
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1919:Commander-in-Chief
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1611:The London Gazette
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394:Born the son of
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