THE KING WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE - On 4th May 1944 the King visited an station where he inspected many types of the newest aircraft and the pilots who fly them. Among the officers he met there was Wing Commander Bateson, leader of the attack on the house in The Hague. Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh- Mallory, KCB.,DSO., Air Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force, presenting officers to the King. [Extreme right] Air Marshal Sir Roderic , KCB.,MC.,AFC., Air Defence of Great Britain, and [second from right] Major General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Deput


THE KING WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE - On 4th May 1944 the King visited an station where he inspected many types of the newest aircraft and the pilots who fly them. Among the officers he met there was Wing Commander Bateson, leader of the attack on the house in The Hague. Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh- Mallory, KCB.,DSO., Air Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force, presenting officers to the King. [Extreme right] Air Marshal Sir Roderic , KCB.,MC.,AFC., Air Defence of Great Britain, and [second from right] Major General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Deputy Air C-in-C , , Royal Air Force


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