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February 1943 saw Saundby appointed to the post of deputy air officer commanding-in-chief. He was an advocate for the strategy of attacking German military industries and the morale of the German population by bombing German industrial areas and cities. He was a key deputy for Harris throughout the
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as an instructor. In 1937, Saundby was appointed Deputy Director of Operations. From there he became Deputy Director (and subsequently Director) of Operational Requirements and Assistant Chief of Staff (Operational Requirements and Tactics). He held these posts between 1938 and 1940, also rising to
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I have never found it necessary to modify the opinion which I formed at the time that, with the exception of the C.F.S. and one or two individuals, the standard of flying training was on the whole extremely bad. The instructor felt no responsibility for his pupils' flying and invariably explained
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Saundby transferred from No. 24 Squadron to No. 41 Squadron on 26 January 1917. On 4 March, while flying FE.8 Serial No. 6431, he shared a victory over an Albatros. Following this win, he transferred to Home Defence in Britain. He had shot down 9 aircraft over the Western Front by this point.
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Between 1919 and 1925, Robert Saundby moved slowly through the ranks of the newly formed RAF, while gaining experience of command. Between 1922 and 1925 he served as a Flight Commander in No. 45 Squadron, based at
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On 10 January 1931, Saundby married Joyce Mary Rees-Webbe. They met when she came with her father, Major Marmaduke Oswald Norman Rees-Webbe, on a fly-fishing trip. Together they had a son and two daughters.
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Flight. This was due to a sudden illness affecting the sitting commander. Saudby initially disliked the posting but grew to appreciate the experience. It proved to be the only command of his career.
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Saundby's move towards the upper command ranks of the RAF was initiated when he joined No. 58 Squadron as a Flight Commander on 15 October 1926. With the squadron he flew the
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transport aircraft. He flew as co-pilot for the then Squadron Leader Arthur Harris, when the latter developed a locally improvised bombing capability for the Vernon.
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bombing area staff. By this period he had logged over 2000 flying hours, however his flying career was drawing to a close as he rose into more staff positions.
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William Spencer Fitz-Robert Saundby, also of the Royal Flying Corp, was killed in action at 19 years of age. It was initially hoped he had been made a
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in February 1915 saw Saundby out of action for 8 months. It was not until 11 October that he was passed fit and on 23 October he applied to the
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on 28 February 1916. He flew solo just over a month later on 31 March and gained further experience flying with the squadron at
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away their crashes by reporting that they were hopeless idiots, better dead, of whom nothing could reasonably be expected.
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Saundby had many hobbies, and wrote several books on differing subjects including his role in the RAF during the war (
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in their 70 mph machines. The other squadron at Worthy Down at the time, No. 7, was commanded by Wing Commander
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Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920
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Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920
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It was January 1916 when Saundby was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps. Saundby's flying career began at
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Saundby's Fish codes for the 94 German towns "fitted" for carpet bombing against civil population. List
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Wynn, Humphrey (2004). "Saundby, Sir Robert Henry Magnus Spencer (1896–1971), air force officer".
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Educated at King Edward VI School, Saundby left in 1913 and joined the Traffic Department of the
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RFC Experimental Station, England. On 17 June 1917 he was flying one of three aircraft, one of
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remainder of the war. On behalf of Harris he selected 94 German towns which were "fitted" for
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wrote that Saundby was "one of a very gallant band of pilots who fought under the late Major
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Saundby became a qualified pilot and joined Britain's first single-seater fighter squadron,
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following a forced landing but it turned out not to be the case. He is remembered on the
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One in a thousand : the life and death of Captain Eddie McKay, Royal Flying Corps
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Robert Henry Magnus Spencer Saundby was born on 26 April 1896 at 83A Edmund Street in
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lumbar spine and an osteoarthritic hip) sustained in a crash 30 years previously.
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Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Mshl Sir Robert Saundby
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in 1956. He had lived there since 1928 and had his own construction company.
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The medical grounds for Saundby's retirement were the result of injuries (
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How the Bomber and the Missile Brought the Third Dimension to Warfare
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Saundby devoted much of his retirement to his role as Vice-Chairman,
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and gave codenames to each of them known as 'Fish code'; for example
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The Aurelian legacy : British butterflies and their collectors
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and two others from the Experimental Station that intercepted the
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was a great passion and Saundby also became the president of the
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By 1940, Saundby had become Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), HQ
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Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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Saundby died on 26 September 1971 at Edgecombe Nursing Home,
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in Berkshire. His ashes were scattered by the River Avon at
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and the direct superior and sometimes opponent of Harris.
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In 1919 Saundby received a permanent commission into the
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out of control, and was slightly wounded in the process.
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Council of Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association
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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

Robert H. M. S. Saundby

Birmingham
Hamstead Marshall
British Army
Royal Air Force
Air Marshal
First World War
Second World War
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross
Mentioned in Despatches
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the Legion of Merit
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II
Croix de Guerre
Air Marshal
KCB
KBE
MC
DFC
AFC
FRAeS
DL
Royal Air Force
First
Second World Wars

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