What is recorded here
This claret commemorative plaque records: Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding 1882-1970 Commander-in-Chief RAF Fighter Command 1936-1940 and during the Battle of Britain lived here 1968-1970 Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Sir Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Dowding was a critical leader in RAF Fighter Command, directing operations during the pivotal Battle of Britain in 1940, which thwarted Nazi Germany's plans for an invasion of Britain.
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