Indebted To Officer

Reading your article on the RAF’S 100th anniversary, I was surprised to see that Moffat-born Hugh Dowding was not mentioned. Appointed commanding officer of Fighter Command in 1936, he was one of the first to see the capability of radar and the establishment of the world’s first ground-controlled interception network. This was all put in place prior to the Battle Of Britain in 1940. If it were not for the foresight of Dowding then we would almost certainly not have an RAF to celebrate its 100th year. David Fyfe, Glasgow