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Donald Hardman

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 21, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2024 (UTC)



Donald Hardman (21 February 1899 – 2 March 1982) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and flew fighters in France, achieving nine victories to become a decorated ace. Between the wars he saw service with RAF squadrons in India and Egypt. At the outbreak of World War II, Hardman was a wing commander, attached to the Air Ministry. In 1944 he commanded No. 232 (Transport) Group during the Burma campaign. He served successively as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Commandant of RAF Staff College, Bracknell, and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Home Command. He was knighted in 1952. Hardman was Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force from 1952 to 1954, and was responsible for reorganising its geographically based command-and-control system into a functional structure. Returning to Britain, he joined the Air Council in May 1954, and was promoted to air chief marshal the following year. He retired in 1958.
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 * Promoted: July 31, 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: 125th birthday. TFA blurb taken from the FAC talk page and written by Gog the Mild.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 03:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)