Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt

Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt GCB GBE CMG DSO MC RAF (9 June, 1886 – 15 August, 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

During the First World War Ludlow-Hewitt served first as a pilot in No 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and then later as the Officer Commanding No 15 Squadron and No 3 Squadron on the Western Front.

In 1937 Ludlow-Hewitt was appointed Air Officer Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command. However Ludlow-Hewitt was replaced by Portal in April 1940 as he was not considered to be sufficiently ruthless to lead Bomber Command during the Second World War.

Reference

• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chf Mshl Ludlow-Hewitt

Military offices
Preceded by H R M Brooke-Popham	Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command 1930–1932	Succeeded by C L Courtney
Preceded by Sir John Steel	Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command 1937–1940	Succeeded by Sir Charles Portal