Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
Hugh Dowding as the right Air Marshall at the critical time for the RAF

Bomber Harris as the juggernaut behind RAF Bomber Command and really the model for LeMay, especially when the latter went to the Pacific

Tom
I'm no expert on the RAF, but my understanding is that Harris nearly broke his force in 1943, hurling vulnerable bombers against Germany in daylight raids until Bomber Command was decimated, with marginal effects on German war production. Not to mention the whole question of whether strategic bombing in WWII was an efficient use of resources in the first place.

Agree on Dowding though.