Sir Victor Goddard | |
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![]() Goddard in 1941, by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale | |
Birth name | Robert Victor Goddard |
Born | Wembley, London | 6 February 1897
Died | 21 January 1987 | (aged 89)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy (1910–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1951) |
Years of service | 1910–1951 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands | Chief of the New Zealand Air Staff (1941–1943) No. 30 Squadron RAF (1930–1931) |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches (2) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (United States) |
Air Marshal Sir Robert Victor Goddard, KCB, CBE, DL (6 February 1897 – 21 January 1987) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Goddard is perhaps best known for his interest in paranormal phenomena; he claimed to have witnessed a clairvoyant incident in 1946 on which the feature film The Night My Number Came Up (1955) was later based.