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Old 2nd Apr 2018, 21:42
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Lima Juliet
 
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Yes, should be Sykes whom I understand that Churchill disliked intensely. Sykes was a bit odd to some and unable to handle himself politically, so Trenchard took a lot of his ideas and credit. Henderson is a close second.

There are so many more than Trenchard - Smuts, Henderson, Sykes, Maitland, Groves, Paine and even Churchill with his insistence on the formation of the Air Ministry. It should really be “Fathers of the Royal Air Force” in my humble opinion.
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