Editing Hugh Dowding (section)

==External links==
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* [http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/battle-of-britain-in-the-words-of-air-chief-marshal-hugh-dowding.html Battle of Britain in the Words of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428061528/http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/battle-of-britain-in-the-words-of-air-chief-marshal-hugh-dowding.html |date=28 April 2011 }}
*[https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/object-68018/ Medal Bar of Air Chief Marshal Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory at the Royal Air Force Museum]

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