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Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC (18 September 1878 – 20 October 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps as a wing commander and senior staff officer.
Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham (18 de setembro de 1878 – 20 de outubro de 1953) foi um oficial da Real Força Aérea (RAF). Durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial serviu no Royal Flying Corps como wing commander.
15 de out. de 2018 · This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because of his subsequent involvement in the fall of Singapore.
ir Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham was appointed as Commander-in-Chief Far East in October 1940: Singapore fell to the Japanese invasion in early 1942, an event which is widely symbolised as the end of the British Empire.
“The Man Who Took the Rap”: Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the Fall of Singapore. By Peter Dye. History of Military Aviation. Edited by Paul J. Springer. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2018. Pp. xx+412. $44.95. | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 92, No 3. Book Reviews.
13 de ago. de 2020 · An RAF officer was in charge of the defence of Singapore. Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham was appointed Commander-in-Chief of British Far East Command and was responsible for overseeing the defence of Malaya, Singapore, Burma and Hong Kong.
This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because of his...
