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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Sir Frederick Bowhill<br />
|image= Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill.jpg<br />
|caption= Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1880|09|01|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Gwalior]], [[India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1960|03|12|1880|09|01|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place= [[Fulham]], England<br />
|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
|branch= [[Royal Navy]] (1896–18)<br/>[[Royal Air Force]] (1918–45)<br />
|serviceyears= 1896–1945<br />
|rank= [[Air chief marshal]]<br />
|commands= [[RAF Transport Command|Transport Command]] (1943–45)<br/>[[RAF Ferry Command|Ferry Command]] (1941–43)<br/>[[RAF Coastal Command|Coastal Command]] (1937–41)<br/>[[Air Member for Personnel]] (1933–37)<br/>[[RAF Depot Egypt]] (1925–26)<br/>[[RNAS Killingholme]] (1918)<br/>[[Seaplane Experimental Station|RNAS Felixstowe]] (1918)<br/>[[No. 8 Squadron RAF|No. 8 Squadron RNAS]] (1916–17)<br/>{{HMS|Empress|1914|6}} (1914–15)<br />
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|battles= [[World War I]]<br/>[[Somaliland campaign (1920)|Somaliland campaign]]<br/>[[World War II]]<br />
|awards= [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]]<br/>[[Mentioned in dispatches]] (7)<br/>[[Order of Saint Vladimir|Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class with Sword and Bow]] (Russia)<br/>[[Order of the Redeemer|Commander of the Order of the Redeemer]] (Greece)<br/>[[Order of Orange-Nassau|Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau]] (Netherlands)<br/>[[Legion of Merit|Commander of the Legion of Merit]] (United States)<br/>[[Order of St. Olav|Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav]] (Norway)<br/>[[Order of Polonia Restituta|Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta]] (Poland)<br />
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[[Air chief marshal]] '''Sir Frederick William Bowhill''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB|CMG|DSO1}} (1 September 1880 – 12 March 1960) was a senior commander in the [[Royal Air Force]] before and during [[World War II]].<br />
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==RAF career==<br />
Bowhill started his career as a [[midshipman]] in the [[merchant navy]] in 1896.<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Bowhill.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill]</ref> In 1912 he attended the [[Central Flying School]] and in 1914 he was given command of the [[Seaplane tender|seaplane carrier]] [[HMS Empress (1914)|HMS ''Empress'']].<ref name=air/> He became Officer Commanding [[No. 208 Squadron RAF|No. 8 Squadron]] of the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] in 1915 and Station Commander at [[Seaplane Experimental Station|RNAS Felixstowe]] in 1918.<ref name=air/> Later that year he commanded [[RNAS Killingholme]].<ref name=air/><br />
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After the war Bowhill was not to rest for long from operational service. In 1920 he was the Chief of Staff to Group Captain [[Robert Gordon (RAF officer)|Robert Gordon]] for the highly successful [[Somaliland campaign (1920)|Somaliland campaign]].<ref name="Baker">{{cite book |title=From Biplane to Spitfire |last=Baker |first=Anne |authorlink=Anne Baker (author) |year=2003 |publisher=[[Pen And Sword Books]] |isbn=0-85052-980-8 |pages=161–162}}</ref> He went on to be Officer Commanding the RAF Depot in Egypt in 1925, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Iraq Command]] in 1928 and Director of Organisation and Staff Duties at the [[Air Ministry]] in 1929.<ref name=air/> In 1931 he was appointed Air Officer Commanding the Fighting Area of the [[Air Defence of Great Britain]] and in 1933 he became [[Air Member for Personnel]].<ref name=air/><br />
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He served in [[World War II]] initially as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at [[RAF Coastal Command]], then as Air Officer Commanding [[RAF Ferry Command]], in which capacity using his knowledge of the sea he properly identified the likely position of the [[German battleship Bismarck]] using a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Catalina flying boat]] allowing it to be sunk.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32002 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> His last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding [[RAF Transport Command|Transport Command]] in 1943 before retiring in 1945.<ref name=air/><br />
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==References==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
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* Wynn, Humphrey. ''Forged in War: A History of Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943–1967''. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1996. {{ISBN|0-11-772756-3}}.<br />
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