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Donald Hardman (21 December 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. (Full article...)
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Hi Ian, and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:33, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- Tks Gog, did a bit, I think resulting in a net loss of a few characters. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:27, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- Actually I think we needed a snippet for between the wars and this should fill it out a bit too -- around the 1,000-char mark now I think. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:34, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- Cheers Ian, that looks good. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:17, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- Actually I think we needed a snippet for between the wars and this should fill it out a bit too -- around the 1,000-char mark now I think. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:34, 11 January 2020 (UTC)