[PAR] [TLE] Hugh Dowding [SEP] Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, (24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970) was an officer in the Royal Air Force.  He served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. 16 Squadron during the First World War.  During the inter-war years he became Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area, Air Defence of Great Britain and then joined the Air Council as Air Member for Supply and Research.  He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain.  He was unwillingly replaced in command in November 1940 by Big Wing advocate Sholto Douglas. [PAR] [TLE] Robert Wright (historian) [SEP] Robert Wright (1906 – 1992) was a historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding, the RAF's commanding officer in the Battle of Britain.  Wright served as Dowding's personal assistant during the Battle.  In his book "Dowding and the Battle of Britain" (1969) Wright was one of the early proponents of the Big Wing conspiracy theory that blamed Trafford Leigh-Mallory and the British Air Ministry for Dowding's removal from command at the end of the battle.  Many of Wright's claims, some based on Dowding's faulty recollections, have been repudiated by witnesses and documentary evidence, but his allegations have proven popular and persistent over the years.
[PAR] [TLE] Hugh Dowding [ SEP ] Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding , 1st Baron Dowding , ( 24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970 ) was an officer in the Royal Air Force . He served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No . 16 Squadron during the First World War . During the inter - war years he became Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area , Air Defence of Great Britain and then joined the Air Council as Air Member for Supply and Research . He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain , and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain 's defence , and hence , the defeat of Adolf Hitler 's plan to invade Britain . He was unwillingly replaced in command in November 1940 by Big Wing advocate Sholto Douglas . [PAR] [TLE] Robert Wright ( historian ) [ SEP ] Robert Wright ( 1906 – 1992 ) was a historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding , the RAF 's commanding officer in the Battle of Britain . Wright served as Dowding 's personal assistant during the Battle . In his book " Dowding and the Battle of Britain " ( 1969 ) Wright was one of the early proponents of the Big Wing conspiracy theory that blamed Trafford Leigh - Mallory and the British Air Ministry for Dowding 's removal from command at the end of the battle . Many of Wright 's claims , some based on Dowding 's faulty recollections , have been repudiated by witnesses and documentary evidence , but his allegations have proven popular and persistent over the years .
Robert Wright was a biographer of the officer who commanded which squadron during WWI?
Robert Wright was a biographer of the officer who commanded which squadron during WWI ?
No. 16 Squadron
No. 16 Squadron