Appendix 2: Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 1936–1941
| Date of Appointment | |
| HOME | |
| BOMBER COMMAND | |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir John M. Steel, GCB, KBE, CMG | 14th July 1936 |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar R. Ludlow-Hewitt, KCB, CMG, DSO, MC | 12th September 1937 |
| Air Marshal Sir Charles F. A. Portal, KCB, DSO, MC | 3rd April 1940 |
| Air Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, KCB, DSO, AFC | 5th October 1940 |
| FIGHTER COMMAND | |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG, ADC | 14th July 1936 |
| Air Marshal Sir W. Sholto Douglas, KCB, MC, DFC | 25th November 1940 |
| COASTAL COMMAND | |
| Air Marshal Sir Arthur M. Longmore, KCB, DSO | 14th July 1936 |
| Air Marshal P. B. Joubert de la Ferté, CB, CMG, DSO | 1st September 1940 |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, KCB, CMG, DSO | 18th August 1937 |
| Air Chief Marshal P. B. Joubert de la Ferté, KCB, CMG, DSO | 14th June 1941 |
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BRITISH AIR FORCES IN FRANCE1 |
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| Air Marshal A. S. Barratt, CB, CMG, MC | 15th January 1940 |
| ARMY COOPERATION COMMAND | |
| Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt, KCB, CMG, MC | 20th November 1940 |
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TRAINING COMMAND2 |
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| Air Marshal Sir Charles S. Burnett, KCB, CBE, DSO | 1st May 1936 |
| Date of Appointment | |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur M. Longmore, KCB, DSO | 1st July 1939 |
| FLYING TRAINING COMMAND | |
| Air Marshal L. A. Pattinson, CB, DSO, MC | 27th May 1940 |
| Air Marshal Sir William L. Welsh, KCB, DSC, AFC | 7th July 1941 |
| MAINTENANCE COMMAND | |
| Air Marshal J. S. T. Bradley, CBE | 31st March 1938 |
| TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND | |
| Air Marshal Sir William L. Welsh, KCB, DSC, AFC | 27th May 1940 |
| Air Marshal J. T. Babington, CB, CBE, DSO | 7th July 1941 |
| OVERSEAS | |
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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FAR EAST3 |
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| Air Chief Marshal Sir H. Robert M. Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, MC, AFC | 18th November 1940 |
| ROYAL AIR FORCE, MIDDLE EAST | |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir William G. S. Mitchell, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, AFC | 1st April 1939 |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur M. Longmore, GCB, DSO | 13th May 1940 |
| Air Marshal A. W. Tedder, CB | 1st June 1941 |
| AIR FORCES IN INDIA | |
| Air Marshal Sir John F. A. Higgins, KCB, KBE, DSO, AFC | 6th October 1939 |
| Air Marshal Sir Patrick H. L. Playfair, KBE, CB, CVO, MC | 26th September 1940 |
| RAF FERRY COMMAND | |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, KCB, CMG, DSO | 18th July 1941 |