The title Viscount Portal was created for Wyndham Portal in 1945. He had been created Baron Portal in 1935. Both titles became extinct on his death. Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (May 21, 1893 - April 22, 1971) was a British Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Air Staff during World War II and an advocate of strategic bombing.
In October 1940, Portal was appointed as Chief of the Air Staff with the rank of Air Chief Marshal and became involved with the controversy over the Big Wing that resulted in Hugh Dowding's removal as the head of Fighter Command.
In 1945, after the war's end, Portal retired from the RAF and in August was created BaronPortal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berks, and a year later Viscount Portal of Hungerford, with the same territorial designation.
Portal, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles(1893-1971), British airman, known to all his friends as Peter, who, as a member of the British Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff committees, was one of the principal architects of the Allies' victory in Europe.
However, Churchill was much impressed by the energy with which Portal prepared against the impending German invasion of the UK and by the comparative effectiveness of night raids on German invasion ports and barge concentrations.
Portal accompanied Churchill to nearly all the Grand Alliance conferences and was immediately accepted and respected by the Americans who appreciated his calm, measured approach.
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