Arthur Coningham
Royal Air Force World War II air marshal (1895-1948) · Australia · On the map · Died at 53
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham,, nicknamed "Mary", was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.
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Coningham (centre) with Montgomery (left) and Dempsey (right) prior to the British crossing of the Rhine![In a ceremony at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, President Harry S. Truman (third from left) presents the Army Distinguished Service Medal to (opposite the President, L to R:) General H. D. G. Crerar, Canadian Army, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Marshal Sir James Robb, and Major General Sir F. W. Guingand. President Truman is in Frankfort to inspect U. S. troops during a break in the Potsdam Conference.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/In_a_ceremony_at_the_airport_in_Frankfort%2C_Germany%2C_President_Harry_S._Truman_%28third_from_left%29_presents..._-_NARA_-_198695.jpg/1280px-In_a_ceremony_at_the_airport_in_Frankfort%2C_Germany%2C_President_Harry_S._Truman_%28third_from_left%29_presents..._-_NARA_-_198695.jpg)
In a ceremony at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, President Harry S. Truman (third from left) presents the Army Distinguished Service Medal to (opposite the President, L to R:) General H. D. G. Crerar, Canadian Army, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Marshal Sir James Robb, and Major General Sir F. W. Guingand. President Truman is in Frankfort to inspect U. S. troops during a break in the Potsdam Conference.[14]Awards
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During the First World War, he was at Gallipoli with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was discharged in New Zealand as medically unfit for active service, and journeyed to Britain at his own expense to join the Royal Flying Corps, where he became a flying ace. Coningham was later a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War, as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief 2nd Tactical Air Force and subsequently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command.