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Department of the Chief of the Air Staff - Personnel 1950


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January 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
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
AVM Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
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

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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   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
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 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 Marshal 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
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
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
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
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
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 D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
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 L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill 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 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
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 F 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 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 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
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   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
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 Hollingsworth   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
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 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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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 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

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 - January 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5253)

February 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
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 Michael D Lyne Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  5 Jan 1950
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
AVM Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
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 E V Davison Private Assistant  
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

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 C C Aston MA  

Senior Scientific Officers

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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   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 A 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
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal 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 R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
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
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
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
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
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 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 D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
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 L G Schwab DFC  1 May 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill 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 P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 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 M A Allen-Jones    9 Jan 1950
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
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    

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Miss I Smith    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 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 W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 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 G C Bradbury   23 Jan 1950
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

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
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
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   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
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 H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
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    6 Dec 1945
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 J G Apostolides   16 Nov 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 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

Executive Officers

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

Higher Clerical Officers

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 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 C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J A F Morgan   15 Apr 1949
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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 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 R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
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 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 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 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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950

Source - February 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5253)

March 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr Michael D Lyne Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  5 Jan 1950
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
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 C C Aston MA  

Senior Scientific Officers

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 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  

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 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill 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 P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr E J Brice   25 Jan 1946
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 O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off M A Allen-Jones    9 Jan 1950
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
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    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Miss I Smith    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointment

Mr G R Richardson MBE  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
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
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   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
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 H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
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    
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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   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 A 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 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    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 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 W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Flt Lt A J Ogilvie DSO, DFC, AFC  8 Mar 1948
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 G G Petty DSO, DFC  1 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947
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 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 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 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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
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
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
Gp Capt C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1949
Lt Col E G Hollist   22 Aug 1945
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
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
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
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    6 Dec 1945
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 J G Apostolides   16 Nov 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 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

Executive Officers

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

Higher Clerical Officers

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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J A F Morgan   15 Apr 1949
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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 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 R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
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 Off M J Olde-Rickerink   26 Aug 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officer

Mrs E R Davis    

Executive Officers (ex-Higher Clerical Officers)

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947

Source - March 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5253)

April 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr G H Wiles OBE  1 May 1940
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
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 C C Aston MA  

Senior Scientific Officers

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 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  

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 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill 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
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 P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E Davis   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC, DFM 11 Aug 1948
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 O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off M A Allen-Jones    9 Jan 1950
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
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    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Miss I Smith    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointment

Mr G R Richardson MBE  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
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
Lt Col J C T Gardner   14 Jun 1948
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   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
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
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    
Directorate-General of Signals

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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   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 A 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 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    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 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 W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston    6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
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 C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
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
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
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    6 Dec 1945
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 J G Apostolides   16 Nov 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 J V Mansfield    8 Feb 1949
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

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

Higher Clerical Officers

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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
Flt Lt J A F Morgan   15 Apr 1949
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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 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 M E B Lindsay    

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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
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 Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
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 MBE  

Executive Officer

Mrs E R Davis    

Executive Officers (ex-Higher Clerical Officers)

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947

Source - April 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5254)

May 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
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 C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

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  

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 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  

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 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
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 P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E Davis   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC, DFM 11 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off M A Allen-Jones    9 Jan 1950
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    

Higher Clerical Officer

Mr E C Ditcham    
Miss I Smith    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointment

Mr G R Richardson MBE  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 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
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Higher Clerical Officer)

Mr E W Bates    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt T F Moloney Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate-General of Signals

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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  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 G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr A 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 C G H Ricketts    3 Apr 1950
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    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 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 W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
Flt Lt T S Steuart   17 Mar 1947
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 R F Watts Assistant Director 23 Aug 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
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 I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
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 C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
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
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
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    6 Dec 1945
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
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 A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

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

Higher Clerical Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr J J Hampton    
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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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 E Caton   11 Oct 1948
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
Flt Lt R A Walker   14 Apr 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
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 Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
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 MBE  

Executive Officers (ex-Higher Clerical Officers)

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    

Executive Officer

Mrs E R Davis    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947

Source - May 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5254)

June 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
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 C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

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

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  

Experimental Officers

Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  

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 S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E Davis   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC, DFM 11 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off M A Allen-Jones    9 Jan 1950
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Miss I Smith    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Special Appointment

Mr G R Richardson MBE  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 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
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer (Ex-Higher Clerical Officer)

Mr E W Bates    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr W F Jaggs    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  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 G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
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 C G H Ricketts    3 Apr 1950
Flt Lt W E Satterthwaite    2 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 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 W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 R F Watts Assistant Director 23 Aug 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
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 I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
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 C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
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
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
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    6 Dec 1945
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
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 J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
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 A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Nov 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

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
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 Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
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 MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
Mrs E R Davis    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947

Source - June 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5254)

July 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr H L Beards BSc  
Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr A P Goode BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Miss B M Clark BSc  

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 S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications
Sir Robert Watson-Watt Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, CB, FRS
Miss I G Smith Private Assistant  

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed Assistant Director  4 Aug 1948
Mr J Sutherland Assistant Director, MBE  
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E Davis   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC, DFM 11 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Sqn Off M A Allen-Jones    9 Jan 1950
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 J W G Reader    8 Aug 1949
Flt Lt R F Taylor    5 Jul 1948
Flt Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr W D Findley    
Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Miss I Smith    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 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
Sqn Ldr G A Cardwell   22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
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 W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  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 G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
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 C G H Ricketts    3 Apr 1950

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J F Watson MBE  

Executive Officer

Mr R F Barton    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 R G Forbes Deputy Director  3 Jun 1950
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts Assistant Director 23 Aug 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown    5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
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 C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
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
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
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    6 Dec 1945
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    1 Jun 1950
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 A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
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 A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
Flt Lt A F Derry    9 Nov 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
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
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 A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt J Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
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 MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
Mrs E R Davis    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr F T Russell   16 Jun 1947

Source - July 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5255)

August 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Miss G E Fulton MA, BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Miss B M Clark BSc  

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 S Grant    
Mr D Drew    

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr P E Davis   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC, DFM 11 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

Retired Officers

Gp Capt F G Brockman    
Wg Cdr E B Beauman    

Special Appointments

Mr J Sutherland MBE  
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    
Mr C E Sargeant    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr W D Findley    
Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Miss I Smith    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 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

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 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
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr C W Scott AFC 24 Nov 1947

Executive Officer

Mr E W Bates    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt A R Low   17 Nov 1949
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt A T Monks Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr R H Abrook BEM 11 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr H C J L Connelly   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr C O Cook   20 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr W J Gardner   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr F Griffin    2 Dec 1946
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon    7 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S R Ratcliffe    1 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E T Tucker    5 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Flt Lt S W Cornes    1 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt D W Hills    8 Nov 1948
Flt Lt G T Smyth    3 Aug 1948
Senior Experimental Officer
Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr J F Watson MBE  
Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr J H Collins    
Mr C Alfred  
Mr D W G Brown    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 R G Forbes Deputy Director  3 Jun 1950
Gp Capt

John H T Simpson

Deputy Director, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre  1 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R F Watts Assistant Director 23 Aug 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
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
Sqn Ldr T R N Wheatley-Smith   22 May 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
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
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D W Colquhoun RAAF 15 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    1 Jun 1950
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 A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
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
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
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 A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt J Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt R E G Lind DFC 20 Sep 1948
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
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 MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
Mrs E R Davis    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H S Clark MBE 10 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948

Source - August 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5255)

September 1950

ACM Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Miss G E Fulton MA, BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Miss B M Clark BSc  

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 S Grant    
Mr D Drew    

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr N B Harvey DSO  8 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J D Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W J Allardyce   12 Feb 1946
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 Off G M Mearns Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    
Mr J Sutherland MBE  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    
Mr W G Shillam    

Executive Officers

Mr W D Findley    
Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr DFC; later AVM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 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

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950

Executive Officer

Mr L C E Smith    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt A R Low   17 Nov 1949
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt A T Monks Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr R H Abrook BEM 11 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr H C J L Connelly   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr C O Cook   20 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr W J Gardner   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr F Griffin    2 Dec 1946
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon AFM  7 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S R Ratcliffe    1 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr E T Tucker    5 Jan 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Flt Lt S W Cornes    1 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt D W Hills    8 Nov 1948
Flt Lt G T Smyth    3 Aug 1948
Senior Experimental Officer
Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr J F Watson MBE  
Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr J H Collins    
Mr C Alfred  
Mr D W G Brown    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr L C Lambert AFC, AFM  1 Sep 1947
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Gp Capt R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 Thomas A B Parselle Deputy Director; later AVM 15 Aug 1950
Gp Capt K F T Pickles Deputy Director, OBE 14 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr R F Watts Assistant Director 23 Aug 1949
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
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 W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
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
Sqn Ldr T R N Wheatley-Smith   22 May 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
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
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D W Colquhoun RAAF 15 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    1 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt L B Croston   14 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt J F L Long    1 Nov 1947
Flt Lt F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr M L Formby   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 P J Griffiths   16 Feb 1949
Flt Lt K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt F J Lee   25 Apr 1944
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G T McGrath   31 May 1948
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
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
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
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
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
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1950
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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr D S Wilson-McDonald DSO, DFC  8 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr C K Bonner    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt J Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J MacKenzie   13 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
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 MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
Mrs E R Davis    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H S Clark MBE 10 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948

Source - September 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5255)

October 1950

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Somerled D Macdonald Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CBE, DFC 19 Oct 1948
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Miss G E Fulton MA, BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Miss B M Clark BSc  
Mr W A Peters    

RAF Officers

Plt Off G F Mildred    
Plt Off C N Richardson    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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 L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr H S Gibbs   10 May 1948
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J D Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Flt Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    
Mr J Sutherland MBE  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr W D Findley    
Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr D A P McMullen   19 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 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

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950

Executive Officer

Mr L C E Smith    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt C E Clay   30 Jan 1947
Flt Lt A R Low   17 Nov 1949
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt A T Monks Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr R H Abrook BEM 11 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr H C J L Connelly   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr C O Cook   20 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr W J Gardner   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon AFM  7 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S R Ratcliffe    1 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Flt Lt S W Cornes    1 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt D W Hills    8 Nov 1948
Flt Lt G T Smyth    3 Aug 1948
Senior Experimental Officer
Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr J F Watson MBE  
Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr J H Collins    
Mr C Alfred  
Mr D W G Brown    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 J Blackburn   12 Sep 1950
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Gp Capt R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
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
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 Thomas A B Parselle Deputy Director; later AVM 15 Aug 1950
Gp Capt K F T Pickles Deputy Director, OBE 14 Aug 1950
Gp Capt C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1950
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
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
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law   24 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr T R N Wheatley-Smith   22 May 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D W Colquhoun RAAF 15 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    1 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt L B Croston   14 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr M L Formby   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 K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
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

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    
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
Maj J F Fillingham    
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
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
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1950
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 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr D S Wilson-McDonald DSO, DFC  8 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr C K Bonner    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt J Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mr A C Palmer    
Mrs E R Davis    
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H S Clark MBE 10 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948

Source - October 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5256)

November 1950

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Theodore N McEvoy Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CB, CBE; later ACM  7 Nov 1950
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr J R Vezey AMIEE  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr A B Cherns BA  
Mr A Cassie MA  
Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Miss G E Fulton MA, BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Miss B M Clark BSc  
Mr W A Peters    

RAF Officers

Plt Off G F Mildred    
Plt Off C N Richardson    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Mr R C Sewell    
Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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 L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J D Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Flt Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    
Mr J Sutherland MBE  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr W D Findley    
Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J White    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr D A P McMullen   19 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officer

Mr V A Loades    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr G A V Knyvett    9 Feb 1948
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950

Executive Officer

Mr L C E Smith    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt E E Vielle Deputy Director, OBE 18 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr A V Day   16 Jun 1947
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr S H Phillips   26 May 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt A R Low   17 Nov 1949
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt A T Monks Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr R H Abrook BEM 11 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr H C J L Connelly   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr C O Cook   20 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr W J Gardner   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon AFM  7 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S R Ratcliffe    1 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Flt Lt S W Cornes    1 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt D W Hills    8 Nov 1948
Flt Lt G T Smyth    3 Aug 1948
Senior Experimental Officer
Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr J F Watson MBE  
Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr J H Collins    
Mr C Alfred  
Mr D W G Brown    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr H G Batten   30 Oct 1947
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
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 R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr R F Harman DFC, AFC   1 Sep 1947
Wg Cdr P H Watts DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr J Blackburn   12 Sep 1950
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
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 David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Gp Capt R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P R Walker DSO, DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1950
Gp Capt

E A Douglas-Jones

Deputy Director 10 Oct 1949
Gp Capt Thomas A B Parselle Deputy Director; later AVM 15 Aug 1950
Gp Capt K F T Pickles Deputy Director, OBE 14 Aug 1950
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC 29 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
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
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law   24 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr T R N Wheatley-Smith   22 May 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D W Colquhoun RAAF 15 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    1 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt L B Croston   14 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr M L Formby   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 K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
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

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
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 D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Maj J F Fillingham    
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
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
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr D S Wilson-McDonald DSO, DFC  8 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr C K Bonner    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt J Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mrs E R Davis    
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Stephen C Strafford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, DFC; later AM 26 Oct 1950
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H S Clark MBE 10 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948

Source - November 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5256)

December 1950

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr R Haynes Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Hon Sir Ralph A Cochrane Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, AFC, ADC  1 Mar 1950
Mr W T Woolgar Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir Arthur P M Sanders Deputy Chief of the Air Staff,, KBE, CB; later ACM  1 Nov 1948
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AVM Theodore N McEvoy Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CB, CBE; later ACM  7 Nov 1950
AVM

Claude B R Pelly

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements), CBE, MC, later ACM 17 Aug 1948
AVM

Edward B Addison

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CB, CBE  1 Mar 1949
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

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 Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), OBE 18 Jan 1950
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr I O Hockmeyer BSc (Tech), MIEE, AFR, ACS  
Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    

Scientific Officers

Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Miss G E Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr J W Watts BSc  

Experimental Officers

Mr W E Pryor    
Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Miss B M Clark BSc  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  

RAF Officers

Plt Off A M Nisbett    
Plt Off C N Richardson    

Higher Executive Officers (ex-Staff Officers)

Mr P J Fowler    

Executive Officers

Miss B J Barnes    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    

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 W H J Daw    1 May 1950
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

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt Anthony D Selway Deputy Director, DFC; later AM 25 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr G K Buckingham DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr A M Taylor    1 Apr 1948
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
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 L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Flt Lt R S Sanders DFC 27 Jun 1949

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
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 Ottewill GM 22 Nov 1948
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer (ex-Staff Officer)  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt D I Coote Director 18 May 1948
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre 29 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr W H Reed    4 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr H A F Summers   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J D Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr L J Ward DFC 21 Feb 1949
Flt Off G M Jones   12 Apr 1950

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    
Mr J Sutherland MBE  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr W D Findley    
Mr E C Ditcham    
Mr R F Bannister    
Mr A W Smith    
Mr P C Cooper    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J White    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr D A P McMullen   19 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr F A J Pollock-Gore   24 Nov 1949
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 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 H E Morrison   31 Jan 1949
Flt Lt D H C Nixon MBE 29 Nov 1948
Flt Lt C T Rillett   15 Jun 1948
Flt Lt B A P Williams    7 Feb 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officer

Mr V A Loades    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical Requirements)
Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
A/Cdre

Harold V Satterley

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Gp Capt H W Dean Deputy Director, AFC  5 Feb 1948
Gp Capt Sydney R Ubee Deputy Director, AFC; later AVM  1 Dec 1948
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr F R Foster   19 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr H G Paul DFC  9 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson DFC, AFC 18 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M C Raban AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950

Executive Officer

Mr L C E Smith    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Herbert D Spreckley

Director, OBE; later AM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC  6 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford   20 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawrey AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE, DFC 24 May 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Wg Cdr J M Moir    7 Nov 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
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 G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden later AVM  2 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop   15 Mar 1948
Sqn Ldr W H G Bench    6 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr P A Coombes   13 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr C G Kimbrey   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr A E Spring   27 Jul 1948
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt A R Low   17 Nov 1949

Special Appointment

Mr A V Day    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre

Bryan D Nicholas

Director  1 May 1948
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 20 Oct 1948
Gp Capt A T Monks Deputy Director 20 Dec 1948
Wg Cdr R H Abrook BEM 11 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr H C J L Connelly   26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr C O Cook   20 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr W J Gardner   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon AFM  7 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S R Ratcliffe    1 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr J A C Scoular   16 Jun 1948
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr A Yates    7 Nov 1947
Flt Lt S W Cornes    1 Dec 1947
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt D W Hills    8 Nov 1948
Flt Lt G T Smyth    3 Aug 1948
Senior Experimental Officer
Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr J F Watson MBE  
Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr J H Collins    
Mr C Alfred  
Mr D W G Brown    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Cyril M Heard Director, CB  2 Dec 1948
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth AFC 29 Dec 1947
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr G Goodman MBE, DFC  5 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F E F Prince   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr R J Sage   15 Nov 1950
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 R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr P H Watts DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr J Blackburn   12 Sep 1950
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 J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr R F Wyness DFM 17 Feb 1949
Flt Lt I D Crozier    7 Mar 1949
Flt Lt A G W Gold AFC  5 Jan 1948
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt F J T Lucie   20 Mar 1950
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 William M L MacDonald CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr M P C Corkery AFC 20 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr J H Iremonger DFC 14 Jul 1949
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

John G W Weston

Director, CB, OBE; later AVM  1 Jan 1949
Gp Capt David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Gp Capt R B Wardman Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 10 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 31 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr M Dean    3 Oct 1949
Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe DSO, DFC 10 Jul 1948
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr P R Walker DSO, DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr I B Westmacott DFC 25 May 1948
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
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 C M Champion de Crespigny Deputy Director 12 Sep 1950
Gp Capt

E A Douglas-Jones

Deputy Director 10 Oct 1949
Gp Capt Thomas A B Parselle Deputy Director; later AVM 15 Aug 1950
Gp Capt K F T Pickles Deputy Director, OBE 14 Aug 1950
Cdr RN J M Robb   27 Oct 1948
Lt Col J H Cubbon    1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J H D Chapple   24 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr C A R Crews    1 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr R H Donkin OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr W J Marshal MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W S G Maydwell DSO, DFC 18 Aug 1947
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr H A'B Russell DFC 16 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr R F Watts   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DSO, DFC 30 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Jul 1947
Sqn Ldr J W Berry   10 Nov 1947
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
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
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law   24 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr T R N Wheatley-Smith   22 May 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946
Deputy Directorate of Operations (Air Transport)
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr W Beringer   18 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Maj E S Lough MBE 15 Jul 1946
Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy OBE  
Sqn Ldr K W J Tarrant DFC 17 Aug 1948
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 D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
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 D W Colquhoun RAAF 15 Jun 1949
Wg Cdr D F Dennis DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr E L Brackenbury   17 Dec 1948
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    1 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr J I Davies RCAF 19 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr H A B Porteous OBE 27 Sep 1948
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt L B Croston   14 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt S J Fielding   18 May 1948
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Flt Lt F N Morris   16 Feb 1948
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Executive Officers

Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr L G Perry MBE  
Mr J F Childs    
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr L J D Landen    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Technical)
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr M L Formby   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 K P Jarman   18 May 1948
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C W Layton MBE 23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
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

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Air Intelligence (Joint Intelligence Staff)
Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr B H Worts    3 Jan 1949
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 D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Maj J F Fillingham    
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr W S O Randle AFC 26 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J E Caton   11 Oct 1948
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
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950

Retired Officer

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  

Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officer

Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Miss M W Pollack    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt Herbert M Pearson Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 26 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr D S Wilson-McDonald DSO, DFC  8 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough   13 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr C K Bonner    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt J Bradley MM  7 Feb 1950
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 M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer (Ex-Staff Officer)

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mr E J Hall    
Mrs E R Davis    
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Stephen C Strafford

Commandant-General, CB, CBE, DFC; later AM 26 Oct 1950
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 G C Bradbury Assistant Director 23 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A A Baxter   14 May 1946
Sqn Ldr H S Clark MBE 10 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr L Meredith    9 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr R Millhouse MBE  1 Dec 1948

Source - December 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5256)

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