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This is the definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of the Second World War.
Sir Arthur Harris remains the target of criticism and vilification by some, while others believe that the contribution he and his men made to the Allied victory is grossly undervalued. In particular, Harris has been questioned for his area bombing tactics which saw civilians and their homes become legitimate targets along with industrial and military installations. This is explored by the author and placed fully within its context, and, just as importantly, within the instructions he received from Churchills administration.
Henry Proberts critical but highly sympathetic account draws on wide-ranging research and, for the first time, all of Harris own papers, to give an outstanding insight into a man who combined leadership, professionalism and decisiveness with kindness, humor and generosity.

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Bomber Harris: His Life and Times: The Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, Wartime Chief of Bomber Command

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BOMBER HARRIS
HIS LIFE AND TIMES
The Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Sir Arthur Harris, the Wartime Chief of Bomber Command
Air Commodore Henry Probert, MBE MA
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F RONTLINE B OOKS
Dedicated to Arthur Harriss old lags
Bomber Harris: His Life and Times
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A Greenhill Book
First published in 2001 by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited
www.greenhillbooks.com
This edition published in 2016 by
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Frontline Books
an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
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Copyright Henry Probert, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2016
Foreword Correlli Barnett, 2006
Preface to this Edition Henry Probert, 2006
The right of Henry Probert to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Patents and Designs Act 1988.
ISBN: 978-1-84832-965-2
eISBN 978-1-84832-967-6
Mobi ISBN 978-1-84832-966-9
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by
any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise)
without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does
any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal
prosecution and civil claims for damages.
CIP data records for this title are available from the British Library
Contents
Glossary
Foreword
Preface to this Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Roots
Chapter 2 Fortunes of war
Chapter 3 Carving a career
Chapter 4 Preparing for the inevitable
Chapter 5 Back to business
Chapter 6 Action behind the scenes
Chapter 7 The year of experiment
Chapter 8 Headquarters and home
Chapter 9 The public image
Chapter 10 The leader and his men
Chapter 11 Tools and techniques
Chapter 12 Comrades in arms
Chapter 13 From the Ruhr to Berlin
Chapter 14 Working for Eisenhower
Chapter 15 Finishing the job
Chapter 16 Assessment
Chapter 17 Enough is enough
Chapter 18 Safmarine
Chapter 19 Back to base
Chapter 20 The Ferry House
Chapter 21 The old lags
Postscript
Appendix RFC and RAF promotions and appointments, and medals and decorations
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
George and Caroline Harris, Arthurs parents, 1911.
George Harris with Arthur and Frederick, 1908/9.
Allhallows School hockey team, 1909. ( Derek Blooman )
Harris at Sanderstead, 1910. (Michael Graham-Jones)
With Dorothy Blood, aboard SS Inanda , 1910.
The Rondavel in which Harris lived at Lowdale.
Riding Soda in Rhodesia.
Before the Battle of Trekkopes, SW Africa, 1915.
Harris flat out after the battle.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Harris, RFC, 1916.
Harriss BE2c, No 4412, 1916.
Harriss Sopwith Camel at Ste-Marie-Cappel, 1917.
With 2nd Lieutenant A.S. Selby, Lieutenant G.A. Brooke and Captain G.W. Higgins in France, 1917.
Part of the battlefield at Passchendaele, 1917.
With Barbara and Anthony at RAF Digby, 1920.
With Barbara in India, 1921/2.
Harriss Vickers Vernons, 45 Squadron, Iraq 1923.
45 Squadrons pilots, including Bob Saundby, 1924.
The prone bomb-aiming position devised by Harris.
Harriss first family. (Jerry Bauer, for the picture of Rosemary)
Harriss Vickers Virginia, 58 Squadron, RAF Worthy Down, 1927.
Harris flies the German airship Graf Zeppelin, 1931.
Harris and Dick Atcherley on a lion shoot in Kenya, 1931.
Preparing to take a Movietone cameraman over Mount Kenya.
The Harris family at Bexhill, 1933.
Harris with 210 Squadron colleagues at Pembroke Dock, 1933.
Harriss second family.
Villa Haroun al Rashid, Jerusalem, 1938.
Harris and colleague in Palestine, 1938/9.
Harris and Jill relaxing in the Dead Sea.
Jill with Jackies godfather, Peter Tomlinson, 1940.
Harris visits the Flying Training School at Arcadia, USA, 1941.
Starting work at HQ Bomber Command.
Harris with his Personal Secretary, Flight Officer Peggy Wherry. (Mrs S. K. Goodman)
With his senior staff officers.
With his naval staff. (Mrs S. K. Goodman)
Harris greets WAAF visitors. (Mrs S. K. Goodman)
Harriss PA assists him at the Stereopticon.
At HQ 4 Group Harris is introduced to members of the staff. (Mrs. H. Mills)
Bomber Night 1944 at HQ USAAF VIII Bomber Command, High Wycombe.
The Commander-in-Chiefs residence, Springfield.
The family in the garden.
Dadn and Jacan.
Exhaustion.
Harris is invested with the Grand Order of Polonia Restituta, June 1945.
Harris represents the United Kingdom at the Oslo Victory Parade.
Harris is entertained in Washingron by General Arnold, August 1945.
Harris and his family land at Eastleigh, Kenya, 1945.
Harris is awarded the Freedom of High Wycombe, February 1946.
Harris is welcomed in Montreal, April 1947.
The first of Harriss ships, SS Constantia.
With Henry Mercer, September 1949.
Dressed for the Coronation, 1953.
The Ferry House, Goring-on-Thames.
Harris drives the coach Perseverance through Oxford.
At a dinner in honour of President Eisenhower, 1959.
Harris and Winston Churchill (junior) at the RAF Museum, 1981. (Mr. A. J. Wicks)
Harris and Ira Eaker deep in conversation at Grosvenor House.
At the opening of the Bomber Command Museum, April 1983.
Harris and Jill with some of the old lags. (Ray Callow, Danny Boon)
Harris and Jill at home.
The Memorial Flight Lancaster pays tribute at Harriss funeral, 1984.
Except where stated, all photographs are taken from the family collections of Jacqueline Assheton and Rosemary Harris. They and the other donors are warmly thanked.
Maps
United Kingdom, showing locations referred to in the text
Southern Africa, 1910-15
Area of Operations around Ypres, Summer 1917
Iraq, 1922-4
Germany, showing Bomber Command Targets referred to in the text Maps drawn by John Richards
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