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Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC (18 September 1878 – 20 October 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps as a wing commander and senior staff officer.
Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham [1] (18 septembre 1878 - 20 octobre 1953) est un Air Chief Marshal de la Royal Air Force. Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, il servit dans le Royal Flying Corps en tant que commandant d'escadre et officier supérieur d'état-major.
15 oct. 2018 · This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because of his subsequent involvement in the fall of Singapore.
“The Man Who Took the Rap”: Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the Fall of Singapore. By Peter Dye. History of Military Aviation. Edited by Paul J. Springer. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2018. Pp. xx+412. $44.95. | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 92, No 3. Book Reviews.
"This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower. It highlights Brooke-Popham's role in developing the first modern military logistic system, the creation of the Royal Air Force Staff College, and the organizational arrangements that underpinned Fighter Command's success in the Battle ...
ir Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham was appointed as Commander-in-Chief Far East in October 1940: Singapore fell to the Japanese invasion in early 1942, an event which is widely symbolised as the end of the British Empire.
General Information. Name of creator. Popham, Sir Henry Robert Moore, Brooke-, 1878-1953, Knight, Air Chief Marshal. (1878-1953) Biographical history.
