Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Department of the Air Member for Training - Personnel July 1945
AM | Air Member for Training, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM | 14 May 1945 | |
Mr | F C Hall | Private Secretary | |
Directorate-General of Training | |||
AVM | Director-General, CB, CBE, AFC | 25 Mar 1941 | |
Directorate of Operational Training | |||
A/Cdre | Director, CB, MVO, AFC; later AVM | 25 Feb 1942 | |
Gp Capt |
R L McK Barbour |
Deputy Director of Operational Training, DFC, AFC | 16 Dec 1943 |
Gp Capt | Deputy Director, later AVM (Wg Cdr TO 3 in AIR 20/7518) | 17 May 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | C G H Crusoe | TO 4 (Sqn Ldr in AIR 20/7518) | 1 Jul 1943 |
Wg Cdr | G D Middleton | Head of TO 5 | 1 Dec1942 |
Wg Cdr | R C E Scott | TO 7 (Sqn Ldr in AIR 20/7518) | 15 Jun 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | A A Willis | MC - Tee Emm | 16 Dec 1940 |
Sqn Ldr | J S Hobhouse | AFC - TO 1 | 16 Aug 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | E M Lewis | DFC - TO 1 | 19 Jun 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | H V Bunting | TO 2 | 5 Jul 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | D Passmore | DFC - TO 2 | 3 May 1943 |
Flt Lt | N E Williams | DFC - TO 5 | 1 May 1941 |
Mr | A H Meaby | Acting Staff Officer - TO 5 (a) | |
Mr | J H Bramley | Special Appointment - TO 2 | |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Wg Cdr | G W O'N Fisher | OBE, AFC | 1 Jan 1945 |
Wg Cdr | G H Nelson-Edwards | DFC | 28 Mar 1945 |
Wg Cdr | H J A Thewles | 1 Feb 1945 | |
Sqn Ldr | James B Coward | later A/Cdre | 25 Sep 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | J Onions | DFM | 13 Sep 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | A A J Sanders | DFC, AFC | 12 Jun 1944 |
SO | N J Blood | WAAF | 23 Aug 1944 |
Directorate of Flying Training | |||
A/Cdre | Director, CB, MC, later AVM | post Aug 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | C H Bell | Assistant Director, OBE | 6 Mar 1940 |
Gp Capt | F D Terdrey | Deputy Director of Flying Training (Flying), OBE | |
Sqn Ldr | P H R Bristow | TF 1 | 28 Dec 1943 |
Flt Lt | P H Dimmock | TF 1 | 1 Feb 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | H F Payne | TF 2 | 17 Oct 1941 |
Flt Lt | T H Harris | TF 2 | 13 May 1942 |
Wg Cdr | C H Walker | Head of TF 3 | 22 Nov 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | F M Hollis | TF 3 | 25 Nov 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | D C L Love | TF 3 | 21 Jul 1941 |
Flt Lt | R K L S Mainwaring | TF 3 | 19 Apr 1943 |
Lt Cdr | G N Torry | Attached, RN - TN | |
Lt | J F Knee | Attached, RN - TN | |
SO | M F Eynon | WAAF- TN | |
Gp Capt | A V Bax | Deputy Director of Training (Navigation), AFM | 15 Apr 1945 |
Flt Lt | R D S Carpendale | T Nav 2 | 6 Jun 1941 |
Sqn Ldr | P M Maggs | T Nav 3 | 26 May 1943 |
Gp Capt | G C Stemp | Deputy Director of Training (Armament), | 15 Jun 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | S F Darby | T Arm 1 | 11 Jun 1941 |
Sqn Ldr (Ret) | H Cockerell | OBE - T Arm 3 | |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Wg Cdr | J C Clayton | DFC | 5 Mar 1945 |
Wg Cdr | R Rendle | 2 Feb 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | H J H Cresswell | ||
Sqn Ldr | C A Harris | DFC | 10 May 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | L A Wells | 12 Jun 1944 | |
Directorate of Technical Training | |||
A/Cdre | Director of Technical Training, DSC; later A/Cdre | ||
Gp Capt | Deputy Director of Technical Training, OBE; later A/Cdre | 10 May 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | J B Stoneman | BEM - Head of T Mech 1 | 14 Apr 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | J H C Saffery | MBE - T Mech 1 | |
Sqn Ldr | D W Simmons | T Mech 1 (Flt Lt in AIR 20/7518) | |
Wg Cdr | A G Abel | Head of T Mech 2 | 5 Apr 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | A G Lankester | MBE - T Mech 2 | 26 Apr 1941 |
Wg Cdr | A G Beese | Head of T Mech 3 | 22 Oct 1940 |
Sqn Ldr | A W Stollery | T Mech 3 | 28 Oct 1942 |
Flt Lt (Ret) | J Sutherland | MBE - Head of T Films | |
Sqn Ldr | T A Tindle | T Filma (a) | 24 May 1940 |
Flt Off | P M Berrie | WAAF - T Filma (a) | |
Flt Lt | H J Budd | T Filma (b) | 25 Aug 1943 |
Wg Cdr | D H S Rusher | DSO - Head of T Sigs 1 | |
Sqn Ldr | B V Greasly | T Sigs 1 (a) | 18 Aug 1941 |
Sqn Ldr | R Wright | DFM - T Sigs 1 (b) | |
Wg Cdr | J Woods | Head of T Sigs 2 | 1 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | E H Webb | T Sigs 2 (a) | |
Sqn Ldr | F A Boyce | T Sigs 2 (c) | |
Gp Capt |
R T B Houghton |
Deputy Director of Ground Training | |
Lt Col | A Dodds | Head of T 1 | |
Sqn Ldr | J F Willatt | T 1 | 6 Apr 1942 |
Wg Off | O A Davies | WAAF - Head of T 2 | |
Flt Off | M J Shemming | WAAF - T 2 | |
Wg Cdr | B H Godfrey | Head of T 3 | 8 May 1940 |
Sqn Ldr | W F Papworth | T 3 | 15 Nov 1943 |
Wg Cdr | G R C Baker | Head of T Admin | 24 Sep 1940 |
Sqn Ldr | J Hood | T Admin | 15 Nov 1943 |
Sqn Off | M M Wade | WAAF - T Admin (Flt Off in AIR 20/7518) | 25 May 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | W Winterbottom | Inspectorate of PT | 10 Feb 1941 |
Flt Off | K B Eades-Eachus | WAAF - Inspectorate of PT | 27 Feb 1942 |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Sqn Off | B J Holmes | WAAF | |
Flt Lt | F Johnson | ||
Flt Lt | J P Kennedy | ||
Flt Off | M C Wilcockson | WAAF | |
Deputy Directorate of Films | |||
Gp Capt |
A N Benge |
Deputy Director | 15 Jun 1944 |
Wg Cdr | H W Guy | 15 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | G W Bothm | 10 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | J J Deeny | 4 Aug 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H Perceval | 1 Apr 1942 | |
Flt Lt | A S Bates | 6 Nov 1944 | |
Flt Lt | D S Gilham | 10 Jul 1944 | |
Flt Lt | J G Hamburgh | 10 Dec 1943 | |
Flt Lt | H R S Plunkett | 10 Jul 1944 | |
Fg Off | K R Bott | ||
Training Literature | |||
Wg Cdr | C A Wood | T Lit (Sqn Ldr in AIR 20/7518) | 29 Nov 1943 |
Flt Lt | J C F Horner | T Lit | |
Flt Lt | B E G Davies | T Lit | |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Sqn Ldr | D G Hewlings | DFC | 1 Aug 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | L F M Saunders | AFC | 10 Sep 1944 |
Flt Lt | J A S Bartlett | ||
Directorate-General of The Air Training Corps | |||
AM | Sir Ernest L Gossage | Chief Commandant and Director-General, KCB, CVO, DSO, MC | |
Gp Capt | C E Maude | Deputy Director | 8 Nov 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | C H Baker | ATC 1 | 19 May 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | B S S Rockey | ATC 2 | 13 Jul 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | J C Harcombe | ATC 2 | 21 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | C R Humphries | ATC 2 | 14 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | E W Husey | ATC 4 | 13 Jul 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | F D Kerr | TUAS | 6 Jan 1942 |
Flt Lt | C A Narbeth | ATC 2 | 13 Jul 1942 |
Flt Lt | L G C Sims | ATC 1 | |
Flt Lt | H C Wilson | ATC 4 | 13 Jul 1942 |
Wg Cdr (Ret) | H J Young | ATC 2 | |
Mr | F C Middleton | Acting Higher Clerical Officer (On loan from another Government Dept) - ATC 2 | |
Mr | E J Hawkey | Acting Higher Clerical Officer - ATC 2 | |
Mr | W C Hollamby | Acting Higher Clerical Officer (On loan from another Government Dept) - ATC 5 | |
Mr | W S Masters | Acting Staff Officer - ATC 6 | |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Mr | S W Warren | Principal | |
Wg Cdr | P K Devitt | ||
Mr | E L Palmer | Acting Staff Officer | |
Mr | J J Gayner | Acting Staff Officer | |
Directorate of Educational Services | |||
A/Cdre | A H Robson | Director, OBE, MC, MSc, PhD, RAFVR (Dep Dir in AIR 20/7518) | |
Gp Capt | C L M Brown | Deputy Director, MA, RAFVR | |
Mr | W A Dickins | Acting Staff Officer - ES 1 | |
Mr | J L Kirkham | Acting Higher Clerical Officer on loan from another Government Dept. - ES 1 | |
Mr | W G Sheppard | Education Officer Grade I, BA - Head of ES 2 | |
Sqn Ldr | E N Marriott | Education Officer Grade II, MEng, AMIME, AMIEE, RAFVR - ES 2 (a) | |
Sqn Ldr | S Wiseman | Education Officer Grade II, MEd, BSc - ES 2 (b) | |
Flt Lt | E J Matthews | Education Officer Grade III, BSc - ES 2 (b) | |
Mr | S C Drane | Acting Higher Clerical Officer on loan from another Government Dept. - ES 2 (c) | |
Flt Lt | W A Carmichael | Education Officer Grade III, MA, RAFVR - ES 2 (d) | |
Flt Lt | H J Cramp | Education Officer Grade III, MSc, RAFVR - ES 2 (d) | |
Flt Lt | F J Nurton | Education Officer Grade III, BSc, RAFVR - ES 2 (d) | |
Flt Lt | A D Prince | Education Officer Grade III, BSc, RAFVR - ES 2 (d) | |
Wg Cdr | H R Davies | Education Officer Grade I, MC, MA, RAFVR - ES 3 | |
Sqn Ldr | G Tupholme | Education Officer Grade II - ES 4 | |
Flt Lt | F C Sabin | Education Officer Grade III, BSc, RAFVR - ES 4 | |
Sqn Ldr | J Armitage | Education Officer Grade II, BA, RAFVR - ES 5 | |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Gp Capt | I I B Hart | Deputy Director, OBE, BSc, PhD, RAFVR | |
Gp Capt | B A Smith | Deputy Director, OBE, MA, RAFVR | |
Mr | H R Wright | Education Officer Grade I, BSc | |
Sqn Ldr | E A Stockwell | Education Officer Grade II, MA, RAFVR | |
Sqn Ldr | D Tyalor | Education Officer Grade II, BA, RAFVR | |
Sqn Ldr | T G Whitlock | Education Officer Grade II, BA, RAFVR | |
Flt Lt | P F Tipping | Education Officer Grade III, BA, RAFVR | |
Flt Lt | W R J Coe | Education Officer Grade III, BSc, RAFVR | |
Flt Lt | P A Timberlake | Education Officer Grade III, BA, RAFVR | |
Flt Lt | D Neave | Education Officer Grade III, BA, RAFVR | |
Flt Lt | C G Forster | Education Officer Grade III, BA, RAFVR | |
Directorate of Accident Prevention | |||
A/Cdre | Director, AFC | 4 Aug 1941 | |
Gp Capt | J N Jaques | Deputy Director (1) | 10 Sep 1941 |
Gp Capt | H J Saker | Deputy Director (2), MVO | 3 Feb 1941 |
Wg Cdr | H G L Allsop | PA 1 | 2 Feb 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | T L I Bell | PA 1 | 1 Dec 1943 |
Flt Lt | A R J Savage | PA 1 | 18 Jan 1944 |
Flt Lt | J A Dobson | PA 2 (a) | 5 Jan 1944 |
Flt Lt | C A Newman | PA 2 (a) (Fg Off in AIR 20/7518) | 28 Oct 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | B S Gibson | PA 2 (b) (Flt Lt in AIR 20/7518) | 1 Jan 1944 |
Flt Lt | R D Boyd | PA 2 (b) | 28 Dec 1943 |
Flt Lt | J T P Jeyes | PA 2 (b) | 18 Jan 1944 |
Flt Lt | L H Kirkby | DFC - PA 2 (b) (Fg Off in AIR 20/7518) | 19 Jan 1944 |
Flt Lt | G C Jackson | PA 2 (c) | 6 Jul 1943 |
Flt Lt | T W Copson | DFM - PA 2 (c) | 22 Feb 1944 |
Flt Lt | J H Mee | PA 2 (c) | 1 Jan 1944 |
Fg Off | S R Gillmar | DFM - PA 2 (c) | 6 Jan 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | A W G Dell | PA 3 (Flt Lt in AIR 20/7518) | 18 Jan 1944 |
Flt Lt | R C MacMillan | PA 3 | 5 Aug 1942 |
Wg Cdr | R S Sikes | AFC - PA 4 | 29 Nov 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | S G Fenwick | PA 4 | 1 Jun 1942 |
Sqn Ldr | G A Pickett | PA 5 | 1 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | R Maun | AFC - PA 5 (Flt Lt in AIR 20/7518) | 17 Apr 1944 |
Flt Lt | J F McEwen | PA 5 | 24 Jan 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | F A Baker | PA 6 | 21 Feb 1944 |
Flt Lt | C L Ross | PA 6 | 19 Apr 1944 |
Flt Lt | R J P Crawford | PA 6 | 15 Mar 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | J E Gibson | PA 7 | 10 Feb 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | B Duncan | PA 8 | 1 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | R J Murphy | RAAF - Head of PA 10 | |
Flt Lt | P J Harding | PA 10 | 10 Apr 1944 |
SO | R M Walker | WAAF - PA 10 | 13 Jan 1944 |
Wg Cdr | J W Duggan | PA 11 | 15 Mar 1944 |
Wg Cdr | J G Fraser | PA 11 | 23 Dec 1943 |
Wg Cdr | F M Thomas | PA 11 | 13 Dec 1943 |
Wg Cdr | A R Putt | PA 11 | 20 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | J G Hay | PA 11 | 21 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr | D B Hobson | PA 11 | 25 Jan 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | H Marsden | PA 11 | 31 Jan 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | R H Morton | AFC - PA 11 | 15 Feb 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | L K Smith | PA 11 | 14 Feb 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | H V L Tubbs | PA 11 | 26 Jan 1944 |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Wg Cdr | P A Gilchrist | 11 Jan 1945 | |
Sqn Ldr | L T Bryant-Fenn | DFC | 12 Jun 1944 |
Sqn Ldr | A K Chappell | ||
Sqn Ldr | D T Moir | DFC | |
Sqn Ldr | H J Paritt | 1 Nov 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E N Southwell | 26 Mar 1945 | |
Sqn Ldr | R S C Wood | 5 Feb 1944 | |
Flt Lt | T Ballauf | DFC, AFC | 11 Dec 1944 |
Flt Lt | E J Poole | 1 Nov 1944 | |
Flt Lt | E D Campbell | 22 May 1945 | |
Flt Lt | F C A Candler | 11 Sep 1944 | |
Flt Lt | H A Davis | 12 Jan 1944 | |
Flt Lt | W Doe | 1 Dec 1944 | |
Flt Lt | R W Jerred | AFM | 6 May 1945 |
Flt Lt | R F Johnstone | 9 Aug 1944 | |
Flt Lt | W J Mallett | 2 Jul 1944 | |
Flt Lt | T D Misselbrook | DFC | 14 Dec 1944 |
Flt Lt | A M Preston | 15 May 1944 | |
Flt Lt | C F Tetley | 24 Jul 1942 | |
Fg Off | R C Howes | 21 Mar 1945 | |
Fg Off | E L May | 18 Oct 1944 | |
Fg Off | F W Street | 1 Nov 1944 | |
Plt Off | W Smith | 20 Sep 1944 | |
Miss | V M Buckett | Acting Junior Executive Officer | |
Directorate of Training (Plans) | |||
A/Cdre | Director, OBE; later AVM | 2 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Off | N J Hime | WAAF - DDT (Plans) (2) | |
Gp Capt | N Wood | Deputy Director, OBE - DDT (Plans) (3) | |
Flt Lt | W J N Warner | DDT (Plans) (3) | |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Gp Capt | G M Knocker | Deputy Director | 18 Apr 1945 |
Wg Cdr | E B Grace | 11 Jun 1945 | |
Sqn Ldr | J L Bond | 30 Mar 1945 | |
Flt Lt | R E McCallion | 12 Jun 1945 | |
Flt Off | M L Johnson | WAAF | 15 May 1945 |
Flt Off | J McLaren | WAAF | 5 Apr 1945 |
Training Progress | |||
Mr | M S Laing | Head of Training Progress Staff | |
Mr | J P Winckworth | Training Progress Officer - Deputy head of Training Progress | |
Mr | R H Ford | Assistant Training Progress Officer - TPF (G) | |
Mr | P Evers-Swindell | Assistant Training Progress Officer - TPF (A) | |
Mr | G de H Vaizey | Assistant Training Progress Officer - TPF (A) | |
Mr | G R Richardson | Special Appointment, MBE | |
Sqn Ldr | H S Latham | Special Appointment - TPF (A) | 27 Jun 1942 |
Training Research | |||
Prof | E A Bott | Adviser on Training Methods - Head of Training Research | |
Mr | G C Drew | Special Appointment - TR 1 | |
Mr | A J Marshall | Special Appointment - TR 2 | |
Mr | R Cockett | Research Assistant - TR | |
Mr | J B Parry | Research Assistant - TR | |
Miss | E D Fraser | Research Assistant - TR | |
Mr | E G Reeve | Research Assistant - TR | |
SO | L L Alexander | WAAF - TR | 25 May 1944 |
SO | J B McLean | WAAF - TR | 24 May 1944 |
ASO | S J Trevan | WAAF - TR | 10 May 1944 |
The personnel below were not shown in AIR 20/7518 (Aug 1944) as they were appointed after that date or had been posted prior. | |||
Mr | A H D Tozer | Special Appointment | |
Flt Lt | W Anderson | ||
Flt Lt | S D Nisbet | ||
Flt Off | F N Keen | WAAF | 29 Jun 1945 |
SO | A V Evans | WAAF | 12 Mar 1945 |
Source - July 1945 Air Force List.
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