# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-dowding-1st-baron-dowding
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:33:19.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-dowding-1st-baron-dowding"
name: "Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding"
slug: "hugh-dowding-1st-baron-dowding"
description: "Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. 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 Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain."
tagline: "British officer in the Royal Air Force (1882-1970)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1882-04-24"
deathDate: "1970-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump