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Date of Appointment |
Secretary of State for Air |
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The Most Hon. The Marquess of Londonderry, KG, PC, MVO |
9th November 1931 |
The Rt. Hon. Viscount Swinton, PC, GBE, MC |
7th June 1935 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, MP |
16th May 1938 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Samuel J. G. Hoare, Bart., GCSI, GBE, CMG, MP |
5th April 1940 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bart., KT, CMG, MP |
11th May 1940 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air |
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. Sassoon, Bart., GBE, GMG, MP |
3rd September 1931 |
Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Muirhead, MC, MP |
28th May 1937 |
Captain The Rt. Hon. H. H. Balfour, MC, MP |
16th May 1938 |
Lord Sherwood (Under-Secretary of State, House of Lords) |
22nd July 1941 |
Chief of the Air Staff |
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward L. Ellington, GCB, CMG, CBE |
22nd May 1933 |
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril L. N. Newall, GCB, CMG, CBE, AM |
1st September 1937 |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A. Portal, KCB, DSO, MC |
25th October 1940 |
Air Member for Personnel |
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Air Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, KCB, CMG, DSO |
31st July 1933 |
Air Marshal Sir William G. S. Mitchell, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, AFC |
1st July 1937 |
Air Marshal C. F. A. Portal, CB, DSO, MC |
1st February 1939 |
Air Marshal E. L. Gossage, CB, CVO, DSO, MC |
3rd April 1940 |
Air Marshal P. Babington, CB, MC, AFC |
1st December 1940 |
Air Member for Supply and Organization |
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril L. N. Newall, KCB, CMG, CBE, AM |
14th January 1935 |
Air Marshal W. L. Walsh, C.B., DSC, AFC |
1st September 1937 |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher L. Courtney, KCB, CBE, DSO |
15th January 1940 |
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Date of Appointment |
Air Member for Training |
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Air Marshal A. G. R. Garrod, CB, OBE, MC, DFC |
8th July 1940 |
Air Member for Supply and Research1 |
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Air Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding, KCB, CMG |
1st September 1930 |
Air Member for Research and Development |
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Air Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding, KCB, CMG |
14th January 1935 |
Air Marshal Sir Wilfrid R. Freeman, KCB, DSO, MC |
1st April 1936 |
Air Member for Development and Production |
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid R. Freeman, KCB, DSO, MC |
1st August 1938 |
Secretary of the Air Ministry2 |
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Sir Christopher Ll. Bullock, KCB, CBE |
20th January 1931 |
Colonel Sir Donald Banks, KCB, DSO, MC |
9th August 1936 |
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air |
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Colonel Sir Donald Banks, KCB, DSO, MC |
March 1938 |
Sir Arthur W. Street, KCB, KBE, CMG, CIE, MC |
1st June 1939 |
Additional Members |
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The Rt. Hon. Earl Winterton, MP (Deputy to the Secretary of State for Air) |
14th March 1938–15th May 1938 |
E. J. H. Lemon, Esq., OBE M.I.Mech.E (Director-General of Production) |
Aug. 1938–April 1940 |
Sir Arthur W. Street, KBE, CB, CMG, CIE, MC (Acting Permanent Under-Secretary of State) |
19th January–31st May 1939 |
Sir Harold G. Howitt, DSO, MC, FCA |
18th September 1939 onwards |
Sir Charles Craven, OBE (Civil Member for Development and Production) |
1st May–Nov. 1940 |
Air Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, KCB, DSO, AFC |
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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
30th October 1939–21st April 1940 |
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff |
22nd April 1940–4th October 1940 |