Difference between revisions of "Air Division (Royal Navy)"

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The Air Section was created in mid-1920 upon the abolition of the Air Department. In 1928, it was renamed the Naval Air Division.

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 – 21 November, 1939
Captain Clement Moody, 21 November, 1939 – 9 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

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 {{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|name=Reginald Henry Portal|nick=Reginald Henry Portal|appt=1 January, 1937|end=18 February, 1938}}
 {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald 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}}