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unusual facts about Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard



Christopher Draper

When the company folded Draper sought an interview with Air Marshal Hugh Trenchard and was granted a commission in the RAF.

Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard

Trenchard served in the 4th Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets from 1972 to 1980, reaching the rank of Captain.

Industrial web theory

Prior theories of bombing were developed by Italian General Giulio Douhet, British Sir Hugh Trenchard and American Colonel Billy Mitchell, each of whom advocated bombing an enemy's population centers as a method of shortening wars and thus saving more lives than were taken.

No. 1 Wing RAF

The wing's first commander was Hugh Trenchard who had been appointed a few days earlier.

Tiv people

During November 1907 to spring 1908, an expedition of the Southern Nigeria Regiment led by Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Trenchard's came into contact with the Tiv.


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