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Sir Hugh Trenchard
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Hugh Trenchard.
Hugh
Trenchard was born in 1873. He entered the British
Army in 1893 and served in South Africa and West Africa. His interest
in aviation led to him in 1913 being transferred to the Royal
Flying Corps (RFC) where he assistant commandant of the Central
Flying School.
In August 1915, Major-General Trenchard became the RFC's General Officer
Commander in the field. When the Air Council was formed in January 1918,
Trenchard became Chief of the Air Staff. In the post Trenchard helped
establish the Royal Air Force but he resigned
from office in April 1918 after a quarrel with Lord
Rothermere, the Air Secretary.
In June 1918 Trenchard established the Independent Air Force. Trenchard,
a great believer in strategic bombing, began to organize attacks on
rail and industrial centres in Germany.
In February, 1919, Winston Churchill,
Minister of War and Air, invited Trenchard to return as Chief of the
Air Staff, a position he held until his retirement in 1929. The following
year he was raised to the peerage and appointed commissioner of the
metropolitan police. Trenchard carried out a series of important reforms
including the establishment of the Police College at Hendon. Viscount
Hugh Trenchard died in 1956.
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