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Department of the Chief of the Air Staff - Personnel

April - December 1949


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April 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C V Beadon Staff Officer  
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM Robert M Foster Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DFC; later ACM 24 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr F J Prewett MA  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr H D Poole BSc  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Dr A Charlesby BSc, PhD, ARCS, DIC, FInstP  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr I G D de Teissier BA  
Mr R Bruce ARCS  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  

Senior Experimental Officers

Mr T Whittaker MBE, MIPE  
Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Miss E M Giles BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col E V McCormack Deputy Director, CBE 15 Mar 1948
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr E C G Badcock OBE 13 Dec 1943
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S G Morgan   13 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S C W Rudd MBE 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr V O Joseph    3 Dec 1946
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B J Stevenson   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt D L Hart   31 Dec 1944
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt H T Regester   30 Apr 1946
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr J F Watson MBE  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr L M Laws    8 May 1947
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr G J Rayner    1 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt Frederick F Rainsford Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr R W Cox DSO, DFC, AFC 26 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Flt Lt A W G Le Hardy OBE  1 Apr 1948
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J E C Gyll-Murray   27 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury DFC  9 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt E Gill DFC  
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J M Helme AFC  2 Jan 1947
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Claude McC Vincent

Director, DFC, AFC; later AVM 15 Mar 1947
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt G J L Read Deputy Director 21 Oct 1946
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Cdr RN W H G Saunt DSO, DSC 30 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr W T Mathieson    6 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G F Morley Mower DFC  5 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr J C Wheeler AFC  4 Jun 1945
Flt Lt J F Potter DFC  
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr L J T West AFC 14 Jul 1947
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R E Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R B Ward   29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr N S C Chapman   25 Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Ian D N Lawson DFC*; later AVM 28 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W J Malone   30 Mar 1948
Flt Lt D A Oliver   11 Mar 1946
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Layout Man

Mr A Johnson    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt Noel C Singer Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, DFC 13 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN H Jones Naval Liaison Officer  
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt R G Chapman   29 Dec 1947
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949
Flt Lt O E Willis    

Special Appointments

Mr C A High    
Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt W E D Makin DFC 18 Feb 1948
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr L Hamer Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt L F Brown Deputy Director 19 Dec 1946
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr D E B Wheeler DFC 28 Oct 1946
Wg Cdr B A C Wood DFC 16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr S Wroath AFC  2 Jun  1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker later A/Cdre 27 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr J F Brookes DFC, AFC 25 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr R Findlater DSO, DFC 21 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F R Foster   19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr G H Williams   28 May 1940

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr A Leitch Assistant Director  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr J Garden DFC 29 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr R H McConnell    
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt John M D Ker Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 28 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W J Heyting RAAF 22 May 1947
Sqn Ldr G H Avent DFC, RCAF  9 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr H R C Jebb    7 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt T Kennedy DFC 16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr Christopher H Hartley Assistant Director, DFC, AFC, BA; later AM  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr S G Brown   31 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley    1 May 1946
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt S E Cowen   11 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J F Hall   28 Oct 1946
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J B Pow   17 Jan 1946
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C F L Turner   27 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham    3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lee MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr D J Garrard BA  
Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Off J M McQuillan   19 Aug 1948

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr J M Freeman    1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Ian R Campbell later AVM  5 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt D D Crichton   17 Sep 1947
Flt Lt C M Dennehy   10 Aug 1947
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt F Pichel-Juan DFC  1 Sep 1945
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Douglas MacFadyen

Director, CBE; later AM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt Charles S Moore Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM  2 Jun 1947
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr E R M Walker    2 Jun 1947
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr M W B Knight DFC  2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - April 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5250)

May 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C V Beadon Staff Officer  
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM Robert M Foster Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DFC; later ACM 24 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr H D Poole BSc  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Dr A Charlesby BSc, PhD, ARCS, DIC, FInstP  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr I G D de Teissier BA  
Mr R Bruce ARCS  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Miss E M Giles BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col E V McCormack Deputy Director, CBE 15 Mar 1948
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr E C G Badcock OBE 13 Dec 1943
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S G Morgan   13 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S C W Rudd MBE 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr V O Joseph    3 Dec 1946
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B J Stevenson   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt D L Hart   31 Dec 1944
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt H T Regester   30 Apr 1946
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt Frederick F Rainsford Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr R W Cox DSO, DFC, AFC 26 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J G Roberts DFC, DFM 15 Apr 1949
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J E C Gyll-Murray   27 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury DFC  9 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt E Gill DFC  
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J M Helme AFC  2 Jan 1947
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Claude McC Vincent

Director, DFC, AFC; later AVM 15 Mar 1947
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt G J L Read Deputy Director 21 Oct 1946
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Cdr RN W H G Saunt DSO, DSC 30 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr W T Mathieson    6 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G F Morley Mower DFC  5 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr J C Wheeler AFC  4 Jun 1945
Flt Lt J F Potter DFC  
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr L J T West AFC 14 Jul 1947
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R E Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R B Ward   29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr N S C Chapman   25 Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Ian D N Lawson DFC*; later AVM 28 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W J Malone   30 Mar 1948
Flt Lt D A Oliver   11 Mar 1946
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt Noel C Singer Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, DFC 13 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN H Jones Naval Liaison Officer  
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt R G Chapman   29 Dec 1947
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J M Hillier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr C A High    
Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt W E D Makin DFC 18 Feb 1948
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr L Hamer Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr D E B Wheeler DFC 28 Oct 1946
Wg Cdr B A C Wood DFC 16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr S Wroath AFC  2 Jun  1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker later A/Cdre 27 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr R Findlater DSO, DFC 21 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F R Foster   19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr A Leitch Assistant Director  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr J Garden DFC 29 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr R H McConnell    
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt John M D Ker Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 28 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W J Heyting RAAF 22 May 1947
Sqn Ldr G H Avent DFC, RCAF  9 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr H R C Jebb    7 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt T Kennedy DFC 16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr S G Brown   31 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley    1 May 1946
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt S E Cowen   11 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J F Hall   28 Oct 1946
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C F L Turner   27 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham    3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr D J Garrard BA  
Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Off J M McQuillan   19 Aug 1948

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr J M Freeman    1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Ian R Campbell later AVM  5 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt D D Crichton   17 Sep 1947
Flt Lt C M Dennehy   10 Aug 1947
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt F Pichel-Juan DFC  1 Sep 1945
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Douglas MacFadyen

Director, CBE; later AM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt Charles S Moore Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM  2 Jun 1947
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr E R M Walker    2 Jun 1947
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr M W B Knight DFC  2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - May 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5250)

June 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C V Beadon Staff Officer  
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM Robert M Foster Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DFC; later ACM 24 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Dr A Charlesby BSc, PhD, ARCS, DIC, FInstP  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Miss E M Giles BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col E V McCormack Deputy Director, CBE 15 Mar 1948
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S G Morgan   13 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S C W Rudd MBE 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr V O Joseph    3 Dec 1946
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B J Stevenson   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt D L Hart   31 Dec 1944
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt H T Regester   30 Apr 1946
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt Frederick F Rainsford Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J G Roberts DFC, DFM 15 Apr 1949
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J E C Gyll-Murray   27 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury DFC  9 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt E Gill DFC  
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Claude McC Vincent

Director, DFC, AFC; later AVM 15 Mar 1947
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt G J L Read Deputy Director 21 Oct 1946
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Cdr RN W H G Saunt DSO, DSC 30 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr W T Mathieson    6 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G F Morley Mower DFC  5 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr J C Wheeler AFC  4 Jun 1945
Flt Lt J F Potter DFC  
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr L J T West AFC 14 Jul 1947
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R E Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R B Ward   29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr N S C Chapman   25 Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Ian D N Lawson DFC*; later AVM 28 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W J Malone   30 Mar 1948
Flt Lt D A Oliver   11 Mar 1946
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt Noel C Singer Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, DFC 13 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt R G Chapman   29 Dec 1947
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J M Hillier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr C A High    
Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt W E D Makin DFC 18 Feb 1948
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr L Hamer Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr D E B Wheeler DFC 28 Oct 1946
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker later A/Cdre 27 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr R Findlater DSO, DFC 21 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr A Leitch Assistant Director  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr J Garden DFC 29 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr R H McConnell    
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt John M D Ker Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 28 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W J Heyting RAAF 22 May 1947
Sqn Ldr G H Avent DFC, RCAF  9 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr H R C Jebb    7 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt T Kennedy DFC 16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr S G Brown   31 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley    1 May 1946
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt S E Cowen   11 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J F Hall   28 Oct 1946
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C F L Turner   27 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham    3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr D J Garrard BA  
Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman    

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr J M Freeman    1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Ian R Campbell later AVM  5 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt D D Crichton   17 Sep 1947
Flt Lt C M Dennehy   10 Aug 1947
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt F Pichel-Juan DFC  1 Sep 1945
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Douglas MacFadyen

Director, CBE; later AM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt Charles S Moore Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM  2 Jun 1947
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr E R M Walker    2 Jun 1947
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr M W B Knight DFC  2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - June 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5250)

July 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr F H Ware Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C V Beadon Staff Officer  
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM Robert M Foster Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DFC; later ACM 24 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Dr A Charlesby BSc, PhD, ARCS, DIC, FInstP  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Miss E M Giles BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr S G Morgan   13 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs    8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B J Stevenson   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt  M Humphries   25 May 1949
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E P Landon   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt Frederick F Rainsford Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J G Roberts DFC, DFM 15 Apr 1949
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J E C Gyll-Murray   27 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury DFC  9 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt E Gill DFC  
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Hugh H Brookes

Director, DFC; later AVM  1 Jun 1949
Gp Capt A W B Barrett Deputy Director 11 Apr 1949
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Emslie DFC, RAAF  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr Duncan F H Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr J C Wheeler AFC  4 Jun 1945
Flt Lt T Grace    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr L J T West AFC 14 Jul 1947
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R E Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R B Ward   29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Ian D N Lawson DFC*; later AVM 28 Oct 1946
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W J Malone   30 Mar 1948
Flt Lt D A Oliver   11 Mar 1946
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt Noel C Singer Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, DFC 13 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J M Hillier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt W E D Makin DFC 18 Feb 1948
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr L Hamer Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B A C Wood    1 Jul 1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker later A/Cdre 27 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr R Findlater DSO, DFC 21 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr A Leitch Assistant Director  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt John M D Ker Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 28 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Heyting RAAF 22 May 1947
Wg Cdr A K Passmore    1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley    1 May 1946
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt J R D Cowell    3 May 1949
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham MBE, AFRAeS  3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr D J Garrard BA  
Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Maj J F Fillingham    
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman    

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss U D Wimble    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr J M Freeman    1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt C M Dennehy   10 Aug 1947
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt F Pichel-Juan DFC  1 Sep 1945
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
AVM

Douglas MacFadyen

Director, CBE; later AM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt Brian K Burnett Deputy Director, DFC, AFC; later ACM 20 Jun 1949
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr E R M Walker    2 Jun 1947
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr M W B Knight DFC  2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - July 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5251)

August 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr F H Ware Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C V Beadon Staff Officer  
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM

Douglas MacFadyen

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy),  CBE; later AM  1 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Dr A Charlesby BSc, PhD, ARCS, DIC, FInstP  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Miss E M Giles BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs    8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B J Stevenson   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt  M Humphries   25 May 1949
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E P Landon   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt Frederick F Rainsford Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J G Roberts DFC, DFM 15 Apr 1949
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J E C Gyll-Murray   27 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury DFC  9 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt E Gill DFC  
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Hugh H Brookes

Director, DFC; later AVM  1 Jun 1949
Gp Capt A W B Barrett Deputy Director 11 Apr 1949
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Emslie DFC, RAAF  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr Duncan F H Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr J C Wheeler AFC  4 Jun 1945
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr L J T West AFC 14 Jul 1947
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R E Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R B Ward   29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W J Malone   30 Mar 1948
Flt Lt D A Oliver   11 Mar 1946
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt Noel C Singer Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, DFC 13 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J M Hillier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt W E D Makin DFC 18 Feb 1948
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr L Hamer Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B A C Wood    1 Jul 1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker later A/Cdre 27 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr R Findlater DSO, DFC 21 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr A Leitch Assistant Director  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt John M D Ker Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 28 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Heyting RAAF 22 May 1947
Wg Cdr A K Passmore    1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr R Bushnell    
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley    1 May 1946
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt J R D Cowell    3 May 1949
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham MBE, AFRAeS  3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr D J Garrard BA  
Mr E G Ackerman GM  

RAF Personnel

Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C F L Turner BEM 27 Oct 1947

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Maj J F Fillingham    
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman    

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss U D Wimble    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr

Richard J P Prichard

OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt C M Dennehy   10 Aug 1947
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt F Pichel-Juan DFC  1 Sep 1945
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre Henry I Cozens Director, CB, AFC  7 Jul 1949
Gp Capt Brian K Burnett Deputy Director, DFC, AFC; later ACM 20 Jun 1949
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr J H Iremonger DFC 14 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr M W B Knight DFC  2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - August 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5251)

September 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr F H Ware Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr P F Blacford Staff Officer  8 Aug 1949
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM

Douglas MacFadyen

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy),  CBE; later AM  1 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Dr A Charlesby BSc, PhD, ARCS, DIC, FInstP  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Miss E M Giles BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs    8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B J Stevenson   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt  M Humphries   25 May 1949
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E P Landon   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt Frederick F Rainsford Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J G Roberts DFC, DFM 15 Apr 1949
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr J E C Gyll-Murray   27 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt E Gill DFC  
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Hugh H Brookes

Director, DFC; later AVM  1 Jun 1949
Gp Capt A W B Barrett Deputy Director 11 Apr 1949
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Emslie DFC, RAAF  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr Duncan F H Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Sqn Ldr J C Wheeler AFC  4 Jun 1945
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr L J T West AFC 14 Jul 1947
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R B Ward Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W J Malone   30 Mar 1948
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt Noel C Singer Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, DFC 13 Nov 1947
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J M Hillier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt W E D Makin DFC 18 Feb 1948
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr L Hamer Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B A C Wood    1 Jul 1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker later A/Cdre 27 Jan 1947
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr R Findlater DSO, DFC 21 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr A Leitch Assistant Director  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr E R Dutt AFC 15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt John M D Ker Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 28 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr A K Passmore    1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr L J D Landen    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt J R D Cowell    3 May 1949
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham MBE, AFRAeS  3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  
Mr D J Garrard BA  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Scientific Officers

Mr C P Sutcliffe BSc  

RAF Personnel

Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C F L Turner BEM 27 Oct 1947

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    
Mr  L Mascall BA  

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Maj J F Fillingham    
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman    

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss U D Wimble    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Wg Cdr

Richard J P Prichard

OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt F E G Hayter    17 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt H P White    4 Jul 1949
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 30 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre Henry I Cozens Director, CB, AFC  7 Jul 1949
Gp Capt Brian K Burnett Deputy Director, DFC, AFC; later ACM 20 Jun 1949
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr J H Iremonger DFC 14 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr E F Pippet   24 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - September 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5251)

October 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr F H Ware Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr P F Blacford Staff Officer  8 Aug 1949
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM

Douglas MacFadyen

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy),  CBE; later AM  1 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr P M G Carter BSc (Econ)  

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs    8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt  M Humphries   25 May 1949
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

John R Hallings Pott

Deputy Director, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AVM 28 Jul 1947
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E P Landon   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Wright DFC, AFC 25 Aug 1948
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr W G Easton   23 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J Roe   26 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J H Misselbrook   14 Oct 1946
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Hugh H Brookes

Director, DFC; later AVM  1 Jun 1949
Gp Capt A W B Barrett Deputy Director 11 Apr 1949
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Emslie DFC, RAAF  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr Duncan F H Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R B Ward Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C E Slee MVO, AFC  8 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt R C Dawkins Deputy Director 29 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr T A Cox    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr J B Robertson   19 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr P D Squires   12 Apr 1948
Flt Lt J B Ball    4 Jul 1946
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson    
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr W A P Gardner Assistant Director 12 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A A Norman-MacGregor    3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B A C Wood    1 Jul 1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B J Paul Assistant Director 14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr E R Dutt AFC 15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr A K Passmore    1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr K Dear   11 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr L J D Landen    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt J R D Cowell    3 May 1949
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham MBE, AFRAeS  3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  
Mr D J Garrard BA  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Scientific Officers

Mr C P Sutcliffe BSc  

RAF Personnel

Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C F L Turner BEM 27 Oct 1947

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    
Mr  L Mascall BA  

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Maj J F Fillingham    
Flt Lt J S F Blundell DFC  5 May 1946
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman    

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss U D Wimble    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Wg Cdr

Richard J P Prichard

OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt F E G Hayter    17 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 30 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre Henry I Cozens Director, CB, AFC  7 Jul 1949
Gp Capt Brian K Burnett Deputy Director, DFC, AFC; later ACM 20 Jun 1949
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr J H Iremonger DFC 14 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Edouard M F Grundy Deputy Director, OBE; later AM 15 Apr 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr D F M Macdonald    2 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr E F Pippet   24 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs    5 Feb 1946
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - October 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5252)

November 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr F H Ware Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr P F Blacford Staff Officer  8 Aug 1949
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM

Douglas MacFadyen

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy),  CBE; later AM  1 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off M Baughan    
Plt Off A K Giles    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr J H Woffindin MBE  1 Nov 1946
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs    8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt  M Humphries   25 May 1949
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Francis W Long Director, CB; later AVM  1 Nov 1948
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

E A Douglas-Jones

Deputy Director 10 Oct 1949
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E P Landon   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 May 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre Narborough H D'Aeth Director, CBE; later AVM  2 Feb 1948
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr W G Easton   23 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Hugh H Brookes

Director, DFC; later AVM  1 Jun 1949
Gp Capt A W B Barrett Deputy Director 11 Apr 1949
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Emslie DFC, RAAF  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO, DFC  2 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr Duncan F H Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A J C Eagles   13 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R B Ward Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Deputy-Directorate of Accident Prevention
Gp Capt R C Dawkins Deputy Director 29 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan   17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W H Cheek DFC 20 Oct 1945
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt G T Rolley   31 Oct 1949
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointments

Mr K P H Hunt    
Mr G R Richardson MBE  
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr W A P Gardner Assistant Director 12 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr V M Crowshaw   16 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B A C Wood    1 Jul 1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B J Paul Assistant Director 14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr E R Dutt AFC 15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr L J D Landen    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt J R D Cowell    3 May 1949
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham MBE, AFRAeS  3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  
Mr D J Garrard BA  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Scientific Officers

Mr C P Sutcliffe BSc  

RAF Personnel

Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C F L Turner BEM 27 Oct 1947

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    
Mr  L Mascall BA  

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Maj J F Fillingham    
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman MM 14 Apr 1949

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss U D Wimble    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths   20 Oct 1947
Wg Cdr

Richard J P Prichard

OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt F E G Hayter    17 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt C L C Mason    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 30 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947
Flt Off M J Olde-Rickerink   26 Aug 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre Henry I Cozens Director, CB, AFC  7 Jul 1949
Gp Capt Brian K Burnett Deputy Director, DFC, AFC; later ACM 20 Jun 1949
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr J H Iremonger DFC 14 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Gp Capt R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E F Pippet   24 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - November 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5252)

December 1949

MRAF The Lord Tedder Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, DCL, LLD  1 Jan 1946
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Mr F H Ware Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Hugh S P Walmsley Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCIE, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM  4 Feb 1948
Sqn Ldr Lewis M Hodges Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*; later ACM  
AVM

Charles E N Guest

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), CB, CBE; later AM  6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr P F Blacford Staff Officer  8 Aug 1949
AVM Lawrence F Pendred Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB, MBE, DFC; later AM  6 Jan 1947
Miss P D White Private Assistant  
AVM

Douglas MacFadyen

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy),  CBE; later AM  1 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
Miss R F Butt Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Dr R Cockburn OBE, MSc, PhD, AInstP, FPS, AMIEE

Assistant Scientific Adviser

Mr E C Williams MSc, FInstP,  

Special Appointment

Mr L A Ferney BSc, MIMechE  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Mr B Crawley MA, FRIC, AMIChemE  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr R Crockett BA, Dip Ed  
Mr P D Greenall MSc, Dip Ed  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  
Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B L Walsh AMIMechE, FRAeS  
Mr S H Hood BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr L M Gunnell    

RAF Officers

Plt Off G A Grebneff    
Plt Off G F Mildred    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J R North    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr D D Asprey    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  
Directorate-General of Signals

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

Director-General of Signals

AVM

Edward B Addison

CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
Directorate of Signals
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  1 Dec 1947
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr M L Gaine DSO, AFC  2 May 1949
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr A Bain   30 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombs   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs    8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr  E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A F Ward OBE 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J E J Perkins OBE, TD 12 Jun 1947
Flt Lt D H Beckett   25 May 1947
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt  M Humphries   25 May 1949
Flt Lt D E Lucas   15 Dec 1944
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949
Flt Lt J C F Williams    2 Nov 1948

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations
A/Cdre Denis H F Barnett Director, CBE, DFC; later ACM 25 Oct 1949
Gp Capt F G Cator Deputy Director, CBE 24 Apr 1948
Gp Capt

E A Douglas-Jones

Deputy Director 10 Oct 1949
Gp Capt N V Moreton Deputy Director  9 Jun 1948
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC 10 May 1948
Wg Cdr G Lowe DFC, AFC 24 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr N N Ezekiel   30 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W Horne DFC, AFC  6 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E P Landon   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey    3 Sep 1947
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Air Support and Transport Operations
Gp Capt C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E J Davidge AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre John W F Merer Director, CB, later AVM 4 Nov 1949
Gp Capt F C Richardson Deputy Director  4 Apr 1949
Gp Capt W P Welch Deputy Director  1 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane Assistant Director, DSO  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H C Bailey   24 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr W G Easton   23 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr E K Paine    
Sqn Ldr G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Bailey AFC 25 May 1948
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr K J Powell Assistant Director  8 Mar 1948
Training Progress
Wg Cdr T P F Trudgian    1 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr J Robinson   12 Jun 1947
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Hugh H Brookes

Director, DFC; later AVM  1 Jun 1949
Gp Capt A W B Barrett Deputy Director 11 Apr 1949
Gp Capt D I P MacNair Deputy Director  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC  
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr W H Jones   11 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Chater AFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Emslie DFC, RAAF  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J Finch DFC, AFC 15 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr H A Haarhoff DFC 14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr Duncan F H Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R G B Summers DFM 28 Aug 1946
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Flt Lt T Grace DFC  7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949
Assistant Directorate of Training (All Weather)
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes Assistant Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  
Sqn Ldr P W Helmore DFC 10 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt Walter P Sutcliffe Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre 14 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr G S Fry DFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin OBE, DFC  3 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Dunn   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO, MIPM; later AVM 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr Harold B Martin DSO*, DFC**, AFC; later AM  1 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC; later ACM  1 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr P G Ottwell GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
A/Cdre

Leonard T Pankhurst

Director, CBE; later AVM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt D I Coote Deputy Director 18 May 1948
Gp Capt

Harold F G Southey

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 14 Feb 1949
Gp Capt E W Whitley Deputy Director  8 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R B Ward Assistant Director 29 Dec 1947
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh   15 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE  9 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr S A Carr    9 Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Ingrams DFC, AFC, RCAF 29 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr F Q Robertson   13 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off E J Borlase   15 Apr 1946
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
Flt Lt E Bell AFC 27 Apr 1948
Flt Lt A W E P Cartwright DFM  3 Jul 1946
Flt Lt L R Healey DSO, DFM  1 Jul 1945
Flt Lt H J Orchard   28 Dec 1945
Flt Lt G B Ramage   19 Nov 1948
Flt Lt J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Lt P C Warren   10 Jun 1947
Flt Off I I Evans   22 Mar 1948

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Executive Officers

Mr R E Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr P A Alt    9 Apr 1947
Sqn Ldr Walter T Brooks DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre 23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr W Goodridge MBE  4 Feb 1948
Flt Lt J C Berggren   12 Apr 1949
Flt Lt T R Bishop   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt E Cornish   15 Nov 1948
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt V A Dawson   10 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E Evans    1 Jan 1948
Flt Lt H J Franklin   13 Dec 1948
Flt Lt G R J Geal    1 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J Lee    8 Mar 1948
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt K G Marks   11 Jun 1947
Flt Lt H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt W T Norfolk    1 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt G T Rolley   31 Oct 1949
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointment

Mr G R Richardson MBE  
Directorate-General of Armament

Also see under the Department of the Air Member for Technical Services

AVM Geoffrey A H Pidcock Director-General, CB, CBE 14 Oct 1947
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Jan 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO  5 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr James D Ronald AFC; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC 24 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr J Quinn DFC  8 Apr 1947
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Harold T Lydford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, AFC, later AM 30 Jun 1948
Flt Lt P Hutchins Staff Officer to Commandant-General 30 Aug 1948
Brig M A James Director, VC, DSO, MC 11 Oct 1948
Gp Capt Jack H Harris Deputy Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr W A P Gardner Assistant Director 12 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H R J Adams   17 Feb 1947
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Director, CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 29 Dec 1947
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnson   16 May 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B A C Wood    1 Jul 1947
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr L A Eades   27 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr K Hallawell   14 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence (Operations)
A/Cdre Archibald J Rankin Director, OBE, AFC  8 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr B J Paul Assistant Director 14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr J H F Ford   26 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr R Lloyd DFC, AFC 19 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr E R Dutt AFC 15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt E Vear    
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (3)
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr P H Baldwin   16 Jun 1947
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr C E L Powell    8 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr A G Lawrence DFC, AFC, RCAF 19 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish AFC 28 May 1947
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A H Brenach   17 Sep 1948
Flt Lt R T Edwards    3 Apr 1947
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt W A Harrison    1 Aug 1946
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Retired Officer

Gp Capt P L Plant    

Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr L J D Landen    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E T Mills    
Mr A J Hodges    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Research)
Gp Capt G M Buxton Deputy Director  5 May 1947
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Wg Cdr M L Formby Assistant Director 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr I J Cadwallader    8 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr Richard T Morison later AVM  8 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1948
Flt Lt J R D Cowell    3 May 1949
Flt Lt K W Cowell    9 Jan 1947
Flt Lt P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt G J Horsfall    1 Jun 1948
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    
Flt Lt T E Pratt    8 Sep 1947
Flt Lt J H Sewell   21 Aug 1947
Flt Lt W T Wakeham MBE, AFRAeS  3 May 1948
Flt Lt R J R Williams   15 Sep 1948
Assistant Directorate of Intelligence (Science)

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J H Lees MA, PhD, FRAeS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Dr A T Horton BSc, MA, DPhil  
Dr J G A Griffiths BA, PhD, FRIC  
Mr D J Garrard BA  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr E G Ackerman GM  

Scientific Officers

Mr C P Sutcliffe BSc  

RAF Personnel

Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO 14 Oct 1949
Flt Lt W French    9 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C F L Turner BEM 27 Oct 1947

Experimental Officer

Mr H G Cundall    
Mr  L Mascall BA  

Executive Officer

Mr G E Kippax    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Organisation and Security)
Gp Capt Ian E Brodie Deputy Director, OBE; later A/Cdre  7 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr D W Balden   20 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E Cotton   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr H H Oak-Rhind    3 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Maj J F Fillingham    
Flt Lt P G Boyd    9 Aug 1948
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Oct 1945
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt L M Pearman MM 14 Apr 1949

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss U D Wimble    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 20 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr C H Bromley   19 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr C F Gray DSO, DFC  2 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr

Richard J P Prichard

OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr D S Wilson-McDonald DSO, DFC  8 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr H W H Fisher DFC 12 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Haigh   29 Mar 1948
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J V Gwinn    7 Aug 1948
Flt Lt F E G Hayter    17 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt V F McPherson   28 Aug 1947
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 30 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C Wright   15 Aug 1947
Flt Off M J Olde-Rickerink   26 Aug 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan    

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr H P Orviss    
Mr A C Palmer    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre Henry I Cozens Director, CB, AFC  7 Jul 1949
Gp Capt Brian K Burnett Deputy Director, DFC, AFC; later ACM 20 Jun 1949
Gp Capt John F Hobler CBE; later AVM  5 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr W B Bayliss   29 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr J H Iremonger DFC 14 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr G C O Key OBE, DFC  9 Aug 1948
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt

Colin McK Grierson

Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 21 Jun 1948
Gp Capt Richard J Legg Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1947
Gp Capt R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr William V Crawford-Compton DSO*, DFC*; later AVM 15 Apr 1947
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E F Pippet   24 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P R Walker   14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948

Source - December 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5252)

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