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Lord Portal, RAF commander in WW2, Lord Portal of Hungerford signed RAF Benson cover. Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, a highly decorated Marshal of the Royal Air Force who served as the Chief of the Air Staff during most of World War II. Known to his peers as an exceptionally calm and logical strategist, he was described by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the greatest of the British wartime leaders.