Douglas, Sholto, Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, 1893-1969

found: Years of combat, 1963:t.p. (Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Douglas of Kirtleside)

found: Douglas Archives website, May 18, 2011:William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, 1893-1969 (b. Dec. 23, 1893 in Headington, Oxfordshire; educated at Lincoln College in Oxford; appointed Commander in Chief of the RAF in Middle East in 1942, Commander in Chief of Coastal Command during the invasion of Normandy and Commander in Chief and Military Governor of the British Occupation Zone in Germany in 1945; knighted and named Marshal of the RAF in 1946; retired from active duty and awarded a peerage as 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside; chairman of British European Airways from 1949-1964; d. Oct. 29, 1969) - http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/williamofkirtleside.htm

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