Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Ministry Civil and Support Departments - Personnel 1961
| Air Council | ||
| Rank | Name | Notes |
| Rt Hon | Julian Amery | Secretary of State for Air, President of the Air Council, MP |
| Mr | W J Taylor | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, Vice President of the Air Council, CBE, DL, JP, MP |
| ACM | Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, CBE, DFC*; later MRAF | |
| AM | Sir Arthur W B McDonald | Air Member for Personnel, KCB, AFC, MA, FRAeS |
| AM | Sir Walter H Merton | Air Member for Supply and Organisation, KCB, OBE; later ACM |
| AM | Sir Edmund C Hudleston | Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, CBE; later ACM |
| AM | Ronald B Lees | Additional Member, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, CB, CBE, DFC* |
| Sir Maurice Dean | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, KCB, KCMG | |
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Air Ministry |
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| Rt Hon | Julian Amery | Secretary of State for Air, President of the Air Council, MP |
| Mr | J Roberts | Private Secretary |
| Mr | J C Edwards | Assistant Private Secretary |
| Sqn Ldr | Personal Air Secretary, AFC; later A/Cdre | |
| Mr | W J Taylor | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, Vice President of the Air Council, CBE, DL, JP, MP |
| Mr | R G S Johnston | Private Secretary |
| Mr | S P Harrison | Assistant Private Secretary |
| Sir Maurice Dean | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, KCB, KCMG | |
| Mr | H T Smith | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | F Wood | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
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Department of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air |
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| Sir Maurice Dean | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, KCB, KCMG | |
| Mr | K C Macdonald | Private Secretary |
| Mr | H T Smith | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | F Wood | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | G S Whittuck | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | J S Orme | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | B Humphrey-Davies | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | A L M Cary | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | R C Kent | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | K H S Edwards | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | S W Warren | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | R F Jenkins | Assistant Secretary, CBE |
| Mr | H A Shaw | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | F C Fayers | Assistant Secretary, CBE |
| Mr | H Harvey | Assistant Secretary - Director of Accounts, CBE |
| Mr | F W Verry | Assistant Secretary, CMG, OBE |
| Mr | J F McGlennon | Assistant Secretary, CBE |
| Mr | R H Prince | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | J H Francis | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | W J B Crotch | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | T C G James | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | R Haynes | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | L T G Sully | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | F Cooper | Assistant Secretary, CMG |
| Mr | H A Cridland | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | R F Havell | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | R J Penney | Assistant Secretary - serving in Far East |
| Mr | E F C Sandford | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | M McF Davis | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | P J Hudson | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | W E Dowling | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | T H Shearer | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | E Broadbent | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | G F W Adams | Assistant Secretary, OBE |
| Mr | G H Green | Assistant Secretary - seconded from Ministry of Defence |
| Mr | N S Forward | Assistant Secretary - seconded from Ministry of Defence |
| Mr | D C Humphreys | Assistant Secretary - seconded to Foreign Office |
| Mr | L M MacBride | Chief Publicity Officer, OBE |
| AVM | George A Walker | Chief Information Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, MA; later ACM |
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Meteorological Office (Under the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for administrative purposes) |
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| Sir Graham Sutton | Director-General, CBE, DSc, FRS | |
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Office of the Judge Advocate-General of the Forces (Joint Service for War Office and Air Ministry ) |
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| Sir Frederick Gentle | Judge Advocate-General, QC | ||
| Mr | J H W Andrews | Private Secretary | |
| Mr | O C Barnett | Vice Judge Advocate-General, CBE, QC | |
| Mr | J E M Gunning | Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE (DJAG (Army and RAF) - BAOR, RAF Germany [2nd TAF]) | |
| Mr | C M Cahn | Assistant Judge Advocate General, CBE | |
| Mr | B A C Duncan | Assistant Judge Advocate General, MBE, RAF (DJAG - Far East (Army and RAF)) | |
| Mr | B de H Pereira | Assistant Judge Advocate General, TD | |
| Mr | F H Dean | Assistant Judge Advocate General (DJAG - Middle East (Army and RAF)) | |
| Mr | O H J Bertram | Assistant Judge Advocate General, TD | |
| Mr | W St J C Tayleur | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | Hon A P J F Acland-Hood | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | E H V Harrington | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | R H Browne | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | C E Depinna | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | A E McDonald | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | W E Stubbs | Deputy Judge Advocate, MBE | |
| Mr | J G Morgan-Owen | Deputy Judge Advocate, MBE | |
| Mr | I D Turner | Deputy Judge Advocate, TD | |
| Mr | R G Greene | Deputy Judge Advocate, MC | |
| Mr | N B Birrell | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G H L Rhodes | Deputy Judge Advocate, TD | |
| Mr | E R Mills | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | J Stuart-Smith | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | B R Allen | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G L Chapman | Legal Assistant | |
| Mr | T H E Tarrant | Registrar, MBE | |
| Inspectorate-General of the RAF | |||
| AM | Sir John R Whitley | Inspector-General of the RAF, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC* | 3 Jun 1959 |
| Air Staff | |||
| Wg Cdr | P E Vaughan-Fowler | DSO, DFC*, AFC | 22 May 1960 |
| Administrative Staff | |||
| Wg Cdr | Arthur Vicary | MBE; later A/Cdre | 16 Feb 1959 |
| Inspector of the WRAF | |||
| Gp Off | L H Turner | CBE, WRAF | 11 Apr 1940 |
| Administrative Staff | |||
| Sqn Off | M A Allen-Jones | WRAF | 16 May 1960 |
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Inspector of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
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| Gp Capt | J M Birkin | CB, DSO, OBE, DFC, AFC, ADC, MA | 14 Jan 1952 |
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Inspector of RAF Badges |
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| Sir John D Heaton- Armstrong | Chester Herald, MVO, Kt | ||
Source - January 1961 Air Force List
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