Robert Wright

British historian and biographer

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Born: 1906
Died: 1992
Citizenship: United Kingdom
, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation: historian
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Robert Wright (1906–1992) was a historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding, the RAF's commanding officer in the Battle of Britain. Wright served as Dowding's personal assistant during the Battle. In his book Dowding and the Battle of Britain (1969) Wright was one of the early proponents of the Big Wing conspiracy theory that blamed Trafford Leigh-Mallory and the British Air Ministry for Dowding's removal from command at the end of the battle. Many of Wright's claims, some based on Dowding's faulty recollections, have been repudiated by witnesses and documentary evidence, but his allegations have proven popular and persistent over the years.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Robert
Family name: Wright

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