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Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO and Bar (* 11. Juli 1892 in Mobberley, Cheshire; † 14. November 1944 bei Grenoble, Frankreich) war ein Offizier der britischen Royal Air Force .
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO & Bar (11 July 1892 – 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War.
Learn about the life and career of Trafford Leigh-Mallory, a British air force officer who planned the aerial part of Operation Overlord in 1944. He died in a plane crash in the French Alps in August 1944.
Trafford Leigh-Mallory (born July 11, 1892, Mobberley, Cheshire, England—killed November 14, 1944, in flight over France) was a British air marshal who commanded the Allied air forces in the Normandy Invasion (1944) during World War II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 11, 1892 - Nov 14, 1944. BIRTHPLACE: Mobberley, England. SOLDIER DETAILS. HIGHEST RANK: Air Command In Chief of SE Asia. DIVISION: Other. , Royal Air FOrce. THEATER OF OPERATION: European. BATTLE: Battle of Britain, Normandy. MILITARY HONORS: Distinguished Service Order Medal, Knight Commander of the Order of Bath.
This paper examines the challenges and achievements of Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory as the Chief Allied Expeditionary Airforce (AEAF) for Operation OVERLORD in 1944. It explores how his personality, command role and doctrinal disagreements influenced the effectiveness of joint high command and air-land co-operation.
Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Officer Commanding No 11 (Fighter) Group, at Group Headquarters, Uxbridge, Middlesex. 27 March 1942.
