Victor Goddard

Sir Victor Goddard
Sir Victor Goddard
	Goddard in 1941, by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Birth name	Robert Victor Goddard
Born	6 February 1897; Wembley, London
Died	21 January 1987 (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	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 Western Front Battle of the Somme; ; ; Second World War Battle of France; South West Pacific theatre; Solomon Islands campaign Guadalcanal Campaign; ; South-East Asian theatre; ;
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.