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| 1892 | Birth |  |
| 13th April Cheltenham Birth of Arthur Travers Harris |
| 1914 | 1st Rhodesia Regiment | |
| Appointed Member of the 1st Rhodes ia Regiment |
| 1915 | Royal Flying Corps | |
| Appointed Member the Royal Flying Corps |
| 1916 | 44th Squadron Harris | |
| Appointed Member of 44 Squadron in France, saw the futility of trench warfare which shaped his views on bombing |
| 1918 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of 44 Squadron in France |
| 1919 | Squadron Leader | |
| Appointed Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force |
| 1939 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander Bomber Group 5 |
| 1940 | Bombing of Germany | |
| Decides upon area rather than precision bombing to wreck German production |
| 1940 | Chief Bomber Command | |
| Appointed Chief of Bomber Command |
| 1940 | Deputy Chief of Air Staff | |
| London Appointed Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
| 1942 | Bombing of Cologne | |
| Cologne Cologne is bombed at night by over 1,000 bombers |
| 1942 | Joint Staff Mission | |
| Washington Appointed Member of the Joint-Staff-Mission |
| 1943 | Bombing of Berlin | |
| 18th Nov Berlin 1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF |
| 22nd Nov Berlin Worst bombing of Berlin so far, 2,300 tons dropped |
| 24th Nov Berlin Berlin reported as "sea of flames", up to 10,000 dead |
| 1943 | Bombing of Duesseldorf | |
| 23rd May Duesseldorf Duesseldorf is bombed |
| 1943 | Bombing of Essen | |
| 5th Mar Essen Bombs Essen with 442 bombers, 14 fail to return |
| 1943 | Bombing of Kiel | |
| 13th June Kiel Kiel is bombed by day with the loss of 17 bombers |
| 1943 | Bombing of Leipzig | |
| 3rd Dec Leipzig The RAF bomb Leipzig, 1,500 killed & 40,000 homeless |
| 1943 | Bombing of U boat Bases | |
| 23rd Feb Priority is switched to bombing U-boat bases |
| 6th April The bombing of U-boat bases is removed from the priority list |
| 1944 | Bombing of Berlin | |
| 20th Jan Berlin The RAF drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin |
| 1953 | Peerage | |
| Created Baronet Harris , 1st |
| 1984 | Death | |
| Death of Arthur Travers Harris |
| 1992 | Harris Moument | |
| London 8 yrs after his death a monument is erected in central London stirring up the debate about Harris 's role in the war |
