caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards image_size name battles birth_date rank image article_title birth_name
tedder on the italian coast in december 1943 . 1913 -- 1950 chancellor governors president , standard triumph ltd deputy president , national , rifle association cambridge university vice-chairman , bbc board of united -lrb- 1918 -- 50 -rrb- kingdom -lrb- 1913 -- 18 -rrb- united kingdom chief mediterranean air command raf middle east command raf far east of no. 2 flying training school no . & nbsp ; the 207 squadron no . & nbsp ; 274 squadron 38th air wing no . & nbsp ; 67 squadron no . staff & nbsp ; 70 squadron mediterranean allied air forces 3 june 1967 banstead , surrey , england , united kingdom glengoyne , stirlingshire , scotland , united kingdom united kingdom knight mentioned in despatches -lrb- 2 -rrb- silver medal of military grand valor -lrb- italy -rrb- order of polonia restituta -lrb- poland cross -rrb- legion of merit -lrb- united states -rrb- distinguished service of medal -lrb- united states -rrb- legion of honour -lrb- france the -rrb- croix de guerre -lrb- france -rrb- croix de guerre order -lrb- belgium -rrb- of the bath 300px the lord tedder first world war 11 july 1890 marshal of the royal air force tedder1943.jpg arthur tedder , 1st baron tedder
 arthur william tedder
arthur tedder , 1st baron tedder

marshal of the royal air force arthur william tedder , 1st baron tedder , -lrb- 11 july 1890 -- 3 june 1967 -rrb- , was a senior british air force commander .
he was a pilot and squadron commander in the royal flying corps in the first world war and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the royal air force during the inter-war years .
during the second world war , as air officer commanding raf middle east command , tedder commanded air operations in the mediterranean and north africa , including the evacuation of crete and `` operation crusader '' in north africa .
his bombing tactics became known as the `` tedder carpet '' .
later in the war tedder took command of mediterranean air command and in that role was closely involved in the planning of the allied invasion of sicily and then the allied invasion of italy .
when operation overlord -- the invasion of france -- came to be planned , tedder was appointed deputy supreme commander at supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force under general eisenhower .
after the war he served as chief of the air staff , in which role he advocated increased recruiting in the face of many airmen leaving the service , doubled the size of raf fighter command and implemented arrangements for the berlin airlift in 1948 .
