Sir Arthur Harris at the Strand, London

This is a bronze sculpture now on permanent public display along The Strand in London depicting Sir Arthur Harris. The plaque on the base of the sculpture reads, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris BT GCB OBE AFC. In Memory of a great commander and of the brave crews of bomber command, more than 55,000 of whom lost their lives in the cause of freedom. The nation owes them all an immense debt. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB, OBE, AFC (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as Bomber Harris by the press, and often within the RAF as Butcher Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of the Second World War. In 1942, the British Cabinet agreed to the area bombing of German cities. Harris was tasked with implementing Churchill's policy and supported the development of tactics and technology to perform the task more effectively. Harris assisted British Chief of the Air Staff Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal in carrying out the United Kingdom's most devastating attacks against the German infrastructure and population, including the Bombing of Dresden. In 1910, at the age of 17, Harris emigrated to Southern Rhodesia, but he returned to England in 1915 to fight in the European theatre of the First World War. He joined the Royal Flying Corps, with which he remained until the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918, and he remained in the Air Force through the 1920s and 1930s, serving in India, Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, Palestine, and elsewhere. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Harris took command of No. 5 Group RAF in England, and in February 1942 was appointed head of Bomber Command. He retained that position for the rest of the war. After the War Harris moved to South Africa where he managed the South African Marine Corporation. Harris's continued preference for area bombing over precision targeting in the last year of the war remains controversial, partly because by this time many senior Allied air commanders thought it less effective and partly for the large number of civilian casualties and destruction this strategy caused in Continental Europe. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.本藏品为一尊青铜雕塑，现于伦敦河岸街（The Strand）永久公开展出，刻画对象为亚瑟·哈里斯爵士（Sir Arthur Harris）。 雕塑基座铭牌镌刻文字：“皇家空军元帅（Marshal of the Royal Air Force）、从男爵亚瑟·哈里斯爵士（BT、GCB、OBE、AFC）。谨此纪念一位伟大的指挥官，以及轰炸机司令部（Bomber Command）的英勇机组人员——其中超55000人为自由事业捐躯。国家对所有人都身负巨债。” 皇家空军元帅亚瑟·特拉弗斯·哈里斯，第一代从男爵（1st Baronet）GCB、OBE、AFC（1892年4月13日—1984年4月5日），媒体常称其为“轰炸机哈里斯”（Bomber Harris），英国皇家空军内部则多称其为“屠夫哈里斯”（Butcher Harris）。他在第二次世界大战（Second World War）后半段担任英国皇家空军轰炸机司令部（RAF Bomber Command）空军总司令（Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief，AOC-in-C）。 1942年，英国内阁（British Cabinet）批准对德国城市实施区域轰炸（area bombing）。哈里斯受命贯彻丘吉尔（Churchill）的政策，并支持开发战术与技术以提升行动效率。他协助英国空军参谋长（Chief of the Air Staff）、皇家空军元帅查尔斯·波特尔（Charles Portal），执行了英国对德国基础设施与民众最具破坏性的打击行动，其中包括德累斯顿轰炸（Bombing of Dresden）。 1910年，时年17岁的哈里斯移民南罗得西亚（Southern Rhodesia），但于1915年返回英国，投身第一次世界大战（First World War）欧洲战场（European theatre）作战。他加入皇家飞行队（Royal Flying Corps），并随该部队服役至1918年英国皇家空军（Royal Air Force，RAF）成立，此后他继续在空军服役至20世纪20、30年代，先后在印度（India）、美索不达米亚（Mesopotamia）、波斯（Persia）、埃及（Egypt）、巴勒斯坦（Palestine）及其他地区履职。 1939年第二次世界大战爆发时，哈里斯执掌英国皇家空军第5大队（No.5 Group RAF），并于1942年2月被任命为轰炸机司令部司令，直至战争结束始终担任该职务。战后，哈里斯移居南非，任职于南非海洋公司（South African Marine Corporation）。 战争最后一年，哈里斯仍坚持偏好区域轰炸而非精确打击（precision targeting），这一做法至今仍具争议：一方面，彼时诸多盟军（Allied）高级空军指挥官认为该战术效率低下；另一方面，该战略给欧洲大陆（Continental Europe）造成了大量平民伤亡与建筑损毁。 本藏品隶属于“全球扫描计划（Scan The World）”项目。该项目是由MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性倡议，旨在打造全球范围内可免费获取的3D打印雕塑、艺术品及地标建筑数字档案库。“全球扫描计划”是一项开源社区项目，若您身边有值得分享的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。