Air Division (Royal Navy)

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

Directors

• Captain Thomas F. P. Calvert, 7 February, 1924 – 27 September, 1926  (as Director of the Air Section)
• Captain Cecil P. Talbot, 27 September, 1926 – 7 January, 1929
• Captain Isham W. Gibson, 31 December, 1928 – 5 April, 1930  (hereafter, as Director of the Air Division)
• Captain Charles E. Turle, 5 April, 1930 – 5 April, 1932
• Captain Henry C. Rawlings, 5 March, 1932 – 23 July, 1934
• Captain Charles F. Harris, 23 July, 1934 – 31 December, 1936
• 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

Deputy Directors

• Captain Cosmo M. Graham, July, 1936 – January, 1937
• Captain Reginald Henry Portal, 1 January, 1937 – 18 February, 1938
• Captain 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
• Captain Alexander N. C. Bingley, February, 1946