Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Force Board Civil and Support Departments - Personnel 1965
| Air Force Board of the Defence Council | ||
| Rank | Name | Notes |
| The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | Chairman of the Defence Council and AFB, Secretary of State for Defence, MBE, MP |
| The Rt Hon Lord Shackleton | Vice-Chairman of the AFB, Minister of Defence for the RAF, OBE | |
| Mr | Bruce Millan | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the RAF, MP |
| ACM | Sir Charles Elworthy | Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA; later MRAF |
| ACM | Sir David J P Lee | Air Member for Personnel, KBE, CB |
| AM | Sir John G Davis | Air Member for Supply and Organisation, KCB, OBE, MA; later ACM |
| AM | Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, DFC, AFC, BA; later ACM | |
| AM | Sir Christopher H Hartley | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, BA |
| Mr | Vacant | Chief Scientist (RAF) |
| Sir Martin Flett | Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State (RAF), KCB | |
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Ministry of Defence Air Force Department |
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| The Rt Hon Lord Shackleton | Vice-Chairman of the AFB, Minister of Defence for the RAF, OBE | |
| Mr | J E Carruthers | Private Secretary |
| Mr | B C Farenden | Assistant Private Secretary |
| Sqn Ldr | Henry A Merriman | Personal Air Secretary, AFC*; later AVM |
| Mr | Bruce Millan | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the RAF, MP |
| Mr | T J Black | Private Secretary |
| Mr | A S Trimbee | Assistant Private Secretary |
| Sir Martin Flett | Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State (RAF), KCB | |
| Mr | J M Wilson | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
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Department of the Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State (RAF) |
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| Sir Martin Fleet | Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State (RAF), KCB | |
| Mr | J M Stewart | Private Secretary |
| Miss | J M Mason | Private Secretary |
| Mr | J M Wilson | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | B Humphrey-Davies | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | C H Blake | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | T A G Charlton | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | R Haynes | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | F Cooper | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG |
| Mr | E G Cass | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, OBE |
| Mr | A J Hall | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | H E Davies | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | R H Prince | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | T C G James | Assistant Secretary - serving in the Far East |
| Mr | L T G Sully | Assistant Secretary - Director Contracts (Air), CBE |
| Mr | E F C Stanford | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | M McF Davis | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | P J Hudson | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | W E Dowling | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | E Broadbent | Assistant Secretary, CMG |
| Mr | D C Humphreys | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | W C Curtis | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | R N Noyes | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | J A Millson | Assistant Secretary |
| Miss | E P Kruse | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | E H St G Moss | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | J H Nelson | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | W E Fitzsimmons | Assistant Secretary - seconded from another Government Department |
| Mr | J Roberts | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | F A White | Assistant Secretary, OBE |
| Mr | B M Day | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | M D Hobkirk | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | B E Robson | Principal |
| Mr | M F H Stuart | Principal |
| Mr | L Salthouse | Principal |
| Mr | J E Carruthers | Principal |
| Mr | A S Bennell | Principal |
| Mr | F J Stephens | Principal |
| Mr | P V Cotter | Principal |
| Mr | M E Quinlan | Principal |
| Mr | K C Macdonald | Principal - seconded to the Treasury |
| Mr | M J Treble | Principal - on loan from another Government department |
| Mr | J T Cliffe | Principal |
| Mr | D Hanson | Principal - seconded from Ministry of Aviation |
| Mr | A D Heskett | Principal, MBE |
| Mr | J F Mayne | Principal - on loan to the Treasury |
| Mr | F R Smith | Principal |
| Mr | D A J West | Principal |
| Mr | P G Adams | Principal, DFC |
| Mr | D Wyllie | Principal |
| Mr | J M Moss | Principal |
| Mr | J C Edwards | Principal |
| Mr | J Dole | Principal |
| Mr | K P Jeffs | Principal |
| Mr | J V Cowen | Principal |
| Mr | M Gainsborough | Principal |
| Mr | M H C Warner | Principal |
| Mr | G J Gammon | Principal |
| Mr | A G Rucker | Assistant Principal |
| Mr | T J Brack | Assistant Principal |
| Mr | J M Stewart | Assistant Principal |
| Mr | D E Young | Assistant Principal |
| Mr | A M Bird | Assistant Principal |
| Mr | C Davenport | Assistant Principal |
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Executive |
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| Mr | J E Pennifold | Director of Accounts, OBE |
| Mr | R M Youle | Principal Executive Officer, OBE |
| Mr | T W Jones | Principal Executive Officer, OBE |
| Mr | G H Buckton | Senior Chief Executive Officer, OBE - serving the Middle East |
| Mr | H H Glossop | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | N E Davies | Senior Chief Executive Officer, OBE |
| Mr | A F Thorp | Senior Chief Executive Officer, OBE |
| Mr | R J Sanders | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | D J Chapman | Senior Chief Executive Officer - serving in Cyprus |
| Mr | P M G Carter | Senior Chief Executive Officer, TD - serving with RAF Germany |
| Mr | D H Reynolds | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | J McL Brown | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | D D Kennedy | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | R J Duncan | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | G Marshman | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | W T Wyborn | Chief Executive Officer, ISO |
| Mr | E A Petty | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | G W Merryweather | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | S H Chapman | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | L T Jenkins | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | C H E Clack | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | G T Toon | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | F H Flay | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | A G Miller | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | H G Clower | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | R G Jones | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | T F J Connor | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | A J Reddish | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | J S Wright | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | V N Michaelson | Chief Executive Officer - serving in the Far East |
| Mr | N A Pearson | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | R W Ley | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | V A Dawes | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | A H Blyth | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | J D Rothery | Chief Executive Officer, MBE |
| Mr | W A Morgan | Chief Executive Officer, OBE |
| Mr | W T Woolgar | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | D S Willson | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | K D Perry | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | A W J Butcher | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | O H Brett | Chief Executive Officer - serving in Maintenance Command |
| Mr | H W Pawsey | Chief Executive Officer, MBE |
| Mr | R C Sewell | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | G R Elliott | Chief Executive Officer, DFC |
| Mr | G C Bentley | Chief Executive Officer, MBE - serving in the Far East |
| Mr | C M Pearse | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr | T H J Pyke | Chief Executive Officer |
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Chief Land Officers and Deputies |
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| Mr | C E R Hayward | Chief Lands Officer, CBE, FRICS |
| Mr | C W Andrews | Deputy Chief Lands Officer, OBE, FAI |
| Mr | I H G Calcutt | Deputy Chief Lands Officer, OBE, FRICS, FAI |
| Mr | J C Bills | Deputy Chief Lands Officer, OBE, FAI |
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Photographic and Reproduction Branch (Air) |
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| Mr | N Melville-Richards | MBE |
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Meteorological Office (Under the Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State (RAF) for administrative purposes) |
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| Dr | B J Mason | Director-General, DSc, FRS |
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Office of the Judge Advocate-General of the Forces (Joint Service for Army and RAF ) |
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| Mr | O C Barnett | Judge Advocate-General, CBE, QC | |
| Mr | H A Allwood | Private Secretary | |
| Mr | C M Cahn | Vice Judge Advocate General, CBE | |
| Mr | J E M Gunning | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | B A C Duncan | Assistant Judge Advocate General, CBE | |
| Mr | B de H Pereira | Assistant Judge Advocate General, TD (DJAG - British Forces in Germany) | |
| Mr | F H Dean | Assistant Judge Advocate General (DJAG - Far 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 | E H V Harington | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | R H Browne | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| 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 | N B Birrell | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | R G Greene | Deputy Judge Advocate, MC | |
| Mr | G H L Rhodes | Deputy Judge Advocate, TD | |
| Mr | J Stuart-Smith | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | B R Allen | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G L Chapman | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | J F X McEvoy | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G D Lindley | Legal Assistant | |
| Mr | K A Arnold | Registrar | |
Source - Spring 1965 Air Force List
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