# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-hardman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:13:08.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-hardman"
name: "Donald Hardman"
slug: "donald-hardman"
description: "Air Chief Marshal Sir James Donald Innes Hardman,, known as Donald Hardman, was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He began his flying career as a fighter pilot in World War I, achieving nine victories to become an ace. During World War II, Hardman held senior staff and operational posts. He was Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from 1952 to 1954, after which he served as a member of the British Air Council until retiring in 1958."
tagline: "Royal Air Force air chief marshal (1899–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caf_hardman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1899-12-21"
deathDate: "1982-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             1.923076923076923
  historical:           4.81116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دونالد هاردمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دونالد هاردمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Hardman"
    title: "Donald Hardman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Hardman"
    title: "Donald Hardman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Hardman"
    title: "Donald Hardman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5294485"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump