# Raymund Hart > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Raymund_Hart > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Raymund_Hart.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymund_Hart > Source revision: 1352590744 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|RAF Air Marshal (1899-1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox military person |name= Sir Raymund Hart |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{Birth date|1899|02|28|df=yes}} |birth_place= Merton, Surrey, England |death_date= {{Death date and age|1960|07|16|1899|02|28|df=yes}} |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= [British Army](/source/British_Army) (1917–18)
[Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) (1918–59) |service_years= 1917–1959 |rank= [Air Marshal](/source/Air_Marshal) |service_number= |unit= |commands= [No. 45 Group](/source/No._45_Group_RAF) (1955–56)
[No. 90 (Signals) Group](/source/No._90_Group_RAF) (1949–51)
[No. 27 (Training) Group](/source/No._27_Group_RAF) (1946–47) |battles= [First World War](/source/First_World_War)
[Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) |awards= [Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)
[Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)
[Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross)
[Mentioned in Despatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Despatches) (3) |relations= |other_work= }} [Air Marshal](/source/Air_Marshal) '''Sir Raymund George Hart''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KBE|CB|MC}} (28 February 1899 – 16 July 1960) was a senior commander in the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) (RAF) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) and the post-war decade. Throughout this period, he was a specialist in military signals and a pioneer in the development of Radar. During the latter part of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), Hart was a pilot in the [Royal Flying Corps](/source/Royal_Flying_Corps) and RAF. Between the wars, Hart was a junior and middle-ranking officer in the RAF. ==Early life== Hart was born in Merton, Surrey on 28 February 1899 and was educated at the [Simon Langton School](/source/Simon_Langton_Grammar_School_for_Boys).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Air Marshall Sir R. Hart - Introduction of Radar|date=19 July 1960 |page=25 |issue=54827 }} ==First World War== Hart joined the [Royal Flying Corps](/source/Royal_Flying_Corps) in 1917 and was posted to the Western Front with [15 Squadron](/source/No._15_Squadron_RAF). On 11 April 1918 he was flying a [Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8](/source/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8) two-seat biplane on an artillery observation patrol. Over Bouzincourt he was attacked by four German fighters, the elevator controls were damaged by gun fire and Hart attempted to recover the aircraft. His observer [Second Lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) L.F. Handford managed to shoot three of the fighters down. The R.E.8 crashed and Hart and Handford were wounded. Both men were later awarded the Military Cross for the action. ==Royal Air Force== Hart rejoined the Royal Air Force in 1926 and from 1936 he worked at RAF Bawdsey on the first experimental radar station. In 1941 he moved to the [Air Ministry](/source/Air_Ministry) as deputy director of Radar before moving to Fighter Command as the Command Signals Officer. In 1944 Hart became Chief Air Signals Officer at [Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force](/source/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force) whener he was involved in the planning for the D-Day landings. After the war he became Air Officer Commanding of No. 90 Group and from 1951 in the Air Ministry as Director General of Engineering and later Controller of Engineering and Equipment before he retired in 1959. ==Family life== Hart was married and had one son. Hart died on 16 July 1960 at his home at Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire, he was electrocuted while connecting power to an electric lawn mower, he was aged 61.{{cite news|newspaper=Birmingham Post|date=19 July 1960|title=Killed by Electric Shock|page=22}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} * [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Hart_RG.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Raymund Hart] {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=[Edward Addison](/source/Edward_Addison)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Air Officer Commanding](/source/Air_Officer_Commanding) [No. 90 (Signals) Group](/source/No._90_Group_RAF)|years=1949–1951}} {{s-aft|after=[William Theak](/source/William_Theak)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Raymund George}} Category:1899 births Category:1960 deaths Category:British World War I pilots Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Category:Recipients of the Military Cross Category:Royal Air Force air marshals Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Category:Royal Flying Corps officers Category:Military personnel from Surrey Category:Accidental deaths by electrocution Category:People educated at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Category:Accidental deaths in England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Raymund Hart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymund_Hart) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymund_Hart?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.