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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Willoughby|nick=Guy Willoughby|appt=January, 1945|end=December, 1946|succBy=[[Ernest Henry Shattock|Ernest H. Shattock]]}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Willoughby|nick=Guy Willoughby|appt=January, 1945|end=December, 1946|succBy=[[Ernest Henry Shattock|Ernest H. Shattock]]}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
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| + | ==Deputy Directors== | ||
| + | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Deputy Director of the Naval Air Division" nat="UK"> | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=July, 1936|end=January, 1937}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Henry Portal|nick=Reginald Henry Portal|appt=January, 1937|end=February, 1938}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|nameGerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley=|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=February, 1938|end=November, 1939}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Mayrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=November, 1939|end=February, 1941}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Walter Anstice|nick=Edmund W. Anstice|appt=February, 1941|end=1942}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Barrington Lungley Moore|nick=Barrington L. Moore|appt=1942|end=February, 1943}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur David Torlesse|nick=Arthur D. Torlesse|appt=February, 1943|end=July, 1944}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Cecil Langdon Yorke|nick=Philip C. L. Yorke|appt=July, 1944|end=February, 1946|succBy=[[Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley|Alexander N. C. Bingley]]}} | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:office1> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 26 August 2017
The Air Section was created in mid-1920 upon the abolition of the Air Department. In 1928, it was renamed the Naval Air Division.
Creation
Strength
Staff
Directors
- Captain Thomas F. P. Calvert, February, 1924 – September, 1926
- Captain Cecil P. Talbot, September, 1926 – December, 1928
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 31 December, 1928 – 5 April, 1930 (hereafter, the Air Division)
- Captain Charles E. Turle, March, 1930 – March, 1932
- Captain Henry C. Rawlings, March, 1932 – July, 1934
- Captain Charles F. Harris, July, 1934 – January, 1937
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, January, 1937 – February, 1939
- Captain Charles A. A. Larcom, February, 1939 – November, 1939
- Captain Clement Moody, November, 1939 – September, 1941
- Captain Arthur R. M. Bridge, September, 1941 – February, 1943
- Captain John P. Wright, February, 1943 – January, 1945
- Captain Guy Willoughby, January, 1945 – December, 1946
Deputy Directors
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, July, 1936 – January, 1937
- Captain Reginald Henry Portal, January, 1937 – February, 1938
- Captain [[{{{name}}}|Gerald M. B. Langley]], February, 1938 – November, 1939
- Captain Robert M. Ellis, November, 1939 – February, 1941
- Captain Edmund W. Anstice, February, 1941 – 1942
- Captain Barrington L. Moore, 1942 – February, 1943
- Captain Arthur D. Torlesse, February, 1943 – July, 1944
- Captain Philip C. L. Yorke, July, 1944 – February, 1946
Footnotes
