Arthur Harris(1892-1984)

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, GCB, OBE, AFC (13 April 1892 - 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris,[a] was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

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Known for

War

8.7

TV Mini Series

Self(as Sir Arthur Harris)

1982

Day Out

TV Series

Self - Subject

The World at War

9.2

TV Series

Self - Marshal of the R.A.F. 1972(as Sir Arthur Harris)

Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing

8.0

Video

Self(as Sir Arthur Harris)

1990

Credits

IMDbPro

Self

Day Out
TV Series
- Self - Subject
- 1985
War
8.7
TV Mini Series
- Self (as Sir Arthur Harris)
- 1982
Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing
8.0
Video
- Self (as Sir Arthur Harris)
- 1990
The World at War
9.2
TV Series
- Self - Marshal of the R.A.F. 1972 (as Sir Arthur Harris)
- 1974

Archive Footage

World War II with Tom Hanks
8.0
TV Series
- Self - British Air Marshal (archive footage)
- 2026
Terra X History
7.9
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2025
Hell on Earth
7.9
TV Mini Series
- Self - British Air Marshal (archive footage)
- 2022
Bomber: Terror of WWII
6.8
TV Series
- Self - RAF Bomber Command
- Self - RAF Officer (archive footage, archive footage)
- 2022
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
8.2
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2021
Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber
7.2
TV Movie
- Self (archive footage)
- 2021
Battle Honours
5.9
TV Series
- Self - Commanding-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force (archive footage)
- 2021
D-Day: Wings of Victory
6.2
- Self (archive footage, as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris)
- 2020
Sabaton History
9.7
Podcast Series
- Self (archive footage, as Sir Arthur Harris)
- 2020
The Dambusters
8.4
TV Mini Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2020
D-Day and the Dambusters
8.3
- Self (archive footage, uncredited)
- 2020
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
8.6
TV Mini Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2019
1945: 12 Städte, 12 Schicksale
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Self - Officer Commanding-in-Chief (archive footage)
- 2015
Blitz on Cologne
5.0
Video
- Self - Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the RAF Bomber Command (archive footage)
- 2014
Bomber Boys
7.3
TV Movie
- Self - Bomber Harris (archive footage)
- 2012

Personal details

Alternative names
- Sir Arthur Harris C-in-C Bomber Command
Born
- April 13, 1892
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died
- April 5, 1984
- Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Other works
Article (writing as Air Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C, Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command), "Bomber Command," Published in "Flying and Popular Aviation (USA)," September 1942, Vol. 31 No. 3, Pages 46-60.
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Did you know

Trivia
He was awarded the AFC (Air Force Cross) in 1918 for his services to the United Kingdom during World War I.

Quotes
[on Australian Donald Bennet] His technical knowledge and his personal operational ability was altogether exceptional. His courage, both moral and physical, is outstanding and as a technician he is unrivaled. He could not suffer fools gladly, and by his own high standards there were many fools.