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Department of the Chief of the Air Staff - Personnel 1952


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January 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes 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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Miss M D Allan MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr D J James BA  
Mr D J Gerhard BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr V F Strickland    
Mr J H Newman    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
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 P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Duncan F Hyland-Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr E L McLeod RCAF 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
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 F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming DFC, AFC 16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr K G Flintoft   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
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 J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr T M Buchanan Assistant Director 17 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

Mr V A Loades    
Mr D N Coe    
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 C H B Bullock Deputy Director, BSc  9 Apr 1951
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L P Gibson   19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, ACGI, DCAe  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

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 Sidney W R Hughes Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  6 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J H Irvin OBE 19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford    8 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr E W T Hardie   16 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A G Miles DFC 18 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr R E C J Beeny OBE 19 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr W E Bloomfield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
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 L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr L J Morgan    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
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 C O Cook   20 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley   23 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr A G Evans    2 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr W J Gardner   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon AFM  7 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt D J Vanstone   21 Jan 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr Frederick O Barrett DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
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 P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E M H Slade AFC 14 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
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

Executive Officer

Mr M Holton On loan from other Government department  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre John H Edwardes Jones Director, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM 15 Jan 1951
Gp Capt William M L MacDonald Deputy Director, CBE, DFC, later ACM 20 Mar 1950
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr Lewis M Hodges DSO, DFC*; later ACM  5 Apr 1948
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr J Ellis DFC 21 Mar 1948
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R H Shaw DFC 21 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P R Walker DSO, DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr A R Butcher    5 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
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
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr M L Formby   21 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC  1 Apr 1949
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J D T Revell   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J F Fillingham    
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr E M Cox   24 Jul 1948
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R A G Ellen MBE  9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt R S Laurie   15 May 1951
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Miss M W Pollock    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director 28 Sep 1951
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 T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr F G Foot   11 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt F J A Tanner Deputy Director, ADC  1 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr H H Farthing    2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr H S Clark MBE 10 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - January 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

February 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes 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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Edward B Addison

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

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr G W Stevens BSc  
Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr T Whittaker    
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr D J Gerhard BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr V F Strickland    
Mr J H Newman    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
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 P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Duncan F Hyland-Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr E L McLeod RCAF 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr R B Fleming DFC, AFC 16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

Mr V A Loades    
Mr D N Coe    
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 C H B Bullock Deputy Director, BSc  9 Apr 1951
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L P Gibson   19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC  7 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, ACGI, DCAe  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

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 Sidney W R Hughes Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  6 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr J H Irvin OBE 19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr E W T Hardie   16 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
Col J C Hardy Deputy Director xx Jun 1949
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr R E C J Beeny OBE 19 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R W Hase   15 Sep 1948
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
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 L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D McDermott   28 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J Knowles MBE 20 Jul 1949
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr L J Morgan    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
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 R A Evernett   30 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr L T Wright   14 Feb 1949
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt D J Vanstone   21 Jan 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952
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 P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E M H Slade AFC 14 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
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

Executive Officer

Mr M Holton On loan from other Government department  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P R Walker DSO, DFC 14 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr S H Brown MBE  5 Jan 1949
Sqn Ldr A R Butcher    5 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
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
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr M L Formby   21 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr K J Mellor DSO, DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J F Fillingham    
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett   25 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R A G Ellen MBE  9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt J P Aldwinkle   12 Apr 1950
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt R S Laurie   15 May 1951
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt L Tait DFM 22 Mar 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director 28 Sep 1951
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt F J A Tanner Deputy Director, ADC  1 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr H H Farthing    2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - February 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

March 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr D J Gerhard BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr V F Strickland    
Mr J H Newman    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
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 P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Duncan F Hyland-Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr E L McLeod RCAF 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr K G Flintoft   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

Mr V A Loades    
Mr D N Coe    
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 C H B Bullock Deputy Director, BSc  9 Apr 1951
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L P Gibson   19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, ACGI, DCAe  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

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 Sidney W R Hughes Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  6 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr J H Irvin OBE 19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr A C Hollingsworth   15 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Ronald L Phillips Director, CBE  1 Jul 1949
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr R E C J Beeny OBE 19 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
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 L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D McDermott   28 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr L J Morgan    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt D J Vanstone   21 Jan 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr N H Elliott   13 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952
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 P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E M H Slade AFC 14 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr Douglas Bower later AVM 14 Feb 1949
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr G Davison DFC, AFC 21 Mar 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952

Executive Officer

Mr M Holton On loan from other Government department  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr A R Butcher    5 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J F Fillingham    
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr B Wilkinson   14 Nov 1948
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W R O Frame   28 Feb 1949
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt R S Laurie   15 May 1951
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt A E Mayhew   11 Feb 1949
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director 28 Sep 1951
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - March 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

April 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr V F Strickland    
Mr J H Newman    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Duncan F Hyland-Smith DFC; later AVM  7 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr E L McLeod RCAF 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr K G Flintoft   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

Mr V A Loades    
Mr D N Coe    
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 C H B Bullock Deputy Director, BSc  9 Apr 1951
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L P Gibson   19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G L Cochrane   17 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, ACGI, DCAe  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

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 Sidney W R Hughes Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  6 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr J H Irvin OBE 19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E A Johnston   16 May 1949
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr R E C J Beeny OBE 19 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D McDermott   28 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Flt Lt (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr L J Morgan    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A P Harvey    4 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt D J Vanstone   21 Jan 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Mr C B Millet OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre John W F Merer Director, CB, later AVM 4 Nov 1949
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
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 P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr E M H Slade AFC 14 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952

Executive Officer

Mr M Holton On loan from other Government department  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr J L Berry    6 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A R Butcher    5 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt R S Laurie   15 May 1951
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director 28 Sep 1951
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - April 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

May 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr V F Strickland    
Mr J H Newman    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr E L McLeod RCAF 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr K G Flintoft   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

Mr V A Loades    
Mr D N Coe    
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 C H B Bullock Deputy Director, BSc  9 Apr 1951
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L P Gibson   19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson   11 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr I D H Gibbins MBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, ACGI, DCAe  3 Sep 1949
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
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 Sidney W R Hughes Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  6 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr J H Irvin OBE 19 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr R E C J Beeny OBE 19 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D McDermott   28 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr L J Morgan    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
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 E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952

Executive Officer

Mr M Holton On loan from other Government department  
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr A R Butcher    5 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr J Seldon    9 Apr 1952
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt R S Laurie   15 May 1951
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J Cope   21 Feb 1949
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - May 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

June 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr A P Goode BA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr A J Bayly MA  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr D Drew    
Mr V F Strickland    
Mr J H Newman    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr E L McLeod RCAF 15 Jun 1950
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kiste DSO 11 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr K G Flintoft   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr E C Millett   18 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

Mr V A Loades    
Mr D N Coe    
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 C H B Bullock Deputy Director, BSc  9 Apr 1951
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
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 Sidney W R Hughes Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later AM  6 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Colin M Stewart Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 28 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D McDermott   28 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
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 E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W G Clouston DFC  6 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr A R Butcher    5 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr J Seldon    9 Apr 1952
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr D M H Craven DFC 15 Mar 1949
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off P J Finch    3 Jan 1949
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - June 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

July 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr A S Baker Staff Officer, DFC  
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mrs E M Kenward BSc, FSS  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr A J Bayly MA  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr J W Watts BSc  
Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr D G Watson    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr V F Strickland    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr W H Hibbert Assistant Director 10 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R B Griffiths   10 May 1950
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J McL Brown    

Executive Officers

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

Wallace H Kyle

Director, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM 30 Jun 1952
Gp Capt Cecil T Weir Deputy Director, DFC; later AVM  
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling OBE; later AVM 21 May 1951
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
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 David C McKinley Deputy Director, DFC, AFC*; later AVM  5 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr Clifford T Jackaman OBE; later A/Cdre  1 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951
Flt Lt N S H Smith   27 Aug 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr N A Smith MBE  4 Jul 1949
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
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 E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
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 P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr P L Chilton DSO, DFC, AFC 16 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr E F Pippett    1 Apr 1950
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
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 E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard OBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 25 Jul 1949
Sqn Ldr M C Adderley AFC  2 Jun 1952
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr J Seldon    9 Apr 1952
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE, DFC 30 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine Director,  CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM 15 Apr 1951
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM  1 Feb 1949
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr A R Williams   22 Jun 1949
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt D Bell RCAF  
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt T N F Orr    6 Jun 1952
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off P E Raymond    3 Jan 1949
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr J Ward    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Fg Off R B Walker    9 Nov 1948

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr Y R W Lovegrove DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt F S Dunn   14 Jun 1952
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr John G Flewett DSO; later A/Cdre  1 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - July 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

August 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
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  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr D G Watson    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr V F Strickland    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe Assistant Director; later A/Cdre 21 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R T Kenworthy    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr J R Blackburn    3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J R Robinson AFC 23 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr P A C McDermott DFC, DFM 21 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr R H Miller    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr H A Pook   16 Jul 1952
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt F H L McKinnon   14 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr B C G Rowsell    

Executive Officers

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

Wallace H Kyle

Director, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM 30 Jun 1952
Gp Capt Cecil T Weir Deputy Director, DFC; later AVM  
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R S Allen DSO, DFC 18 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
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 David C McKinley Deputy Director, DFC, AFC*; later AVM  5 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr F C Blackmore AFC 29 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell   23 Jan 1950
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G A Bone   16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr Clifford T Jackaman OBE; later A/Cdre  1 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R A Godsell    3 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt R Bailey   10 Jul 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A P Crowley   21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr E Swinney MIEE  
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt H J J Gurd   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt J L Le Crerar MM 14 Nov 1949

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Sydney O Bufton Director, CB, DFC; later AVM 29 Jan 1951
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
Gp Capt H S Darley Deputy Director, DSO 21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr K P Mackenzie Assistant Director 16 May 1952
Wg Cdr E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Hugh L Maxwell Deputy Director, CBE, DSO; later A/Cdre 15 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Richard C Ayling Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 18 Aug 1952
Gp Capt David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr P L Chilton DSO, DFC, AFC 16 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W J O Coleman DFC 28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr M C Adderley AFC  2 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
Wg Cdr J H D Chapple   24 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr G B Masters    8 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE, DFC 30 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre Vacant Director  
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr D A L Bell RCAF  
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr E H Dally   18 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr W A Howell AFC 28 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J G Apostolides   16 Nov 1949
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt R T W Jones   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt G A Lorriman   23 Jan 1950
Flt Lt J A F Morgan    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt T N F Orr    6 Jun 1952
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt R V T Sprintall DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr J Ward    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark   23 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950
Flt Lt J W F Wright    2 Jul 1952

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt F S Dunn   14 Jun 1952
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - August 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

September 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Deputy Scientific Adviser

Dr B G Dickins CBE, PhD, BSc, ARCS, DIC  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr G V Lorimer BSc  
Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr D G Watson    
Mr J S Grant    
Mr V F Strickland    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe Assistant Director; later A/Cdre 21 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr W H J Daw    1 May 1950
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr G N Franklin    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr W H A Bradshaw DFC 18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  7 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J R Robinson AFC 23 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings DSO, AFC  7 Nov 1948
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr R S Kerby   28 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr I D Mackersey    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr H A Pook   16 Jul 1952
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt J M Keogh   23 Mar 1952
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr B C G Rowsell    

Executive Officers

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

Wallace H Kyle

Director, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM 30 Jun 1952
Gp Capt Cecil T Weir Deputy Director, DFC; later AVM  
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R S Allen DSO, DFC 18 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
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 David C McKinley Deputy Director, DFC, AFC*; later AVM  5 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr F C Blackmore AFC 29 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr W Lawry AFM 25 Apr 1949
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G N Rushen   10 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt B C Coates DFC, DFM 18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr F T Baynham    7 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr Clifford T Jackaman OBE; later A/Cdre  1 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr M J Underhill   18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr L F Woolcott   28 Aug 1952
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt R Bailey   10 Jul 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A P Crowley   21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt H J J Gurd   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt D A R Naylor BEM 14 Aug 1952

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Engineer

Mr J Forrest    

Assistant Engineer

Mr A H Bailey    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Kenneth B B Cross Director, CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM  8 Sep 1952
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
Gp Capt H S Darley Deputy Director, DSO 21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr K P Mackenzie Assistant Director 16 May 1952
Wg Cdr E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt J A Kennedy DFM 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt John D Miller Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 27 Aug 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr L E Botting DFC 15 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Richard C Ayling Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 18 Aug 1952
Gp Capt David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr P L Chilton DSO, DFC, AFC 16 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W J O Coleman DFC 28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
Gp Capt

C W K Nicholls

Deputy Director, DSO, OBE  1 Sep 1952
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 M C Morris    
Wg Cdr M C Adderley AFC  2 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
Wg Cdr J H D Chapple   24 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr L A A McKilligin AFC 27 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr G B Masters    8 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith    1 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE, DFC 30 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre

Robert C Jonas

Director, OBE 15 Aug 1952
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr T A Trotter    4 Oct 1948
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D A L Bell RCAF  
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr E H Dally   18 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G D Edwards   15 Aug 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr W A Howell AFC 28 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J D Crawford BSc (Eng) 20 Aug 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt C J W Herold   15 Mar 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E A Howe   11 Aug 1952
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt R T W Jones   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt T N F Orr    6 Jun 1952
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt R V T Sprintall DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt T B Stephenson BSc 19 Aug 1952
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr J Ward    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr H J O'Brien DFC 11 Aug 1952
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950
Flt Lt J W F Wright    2 Jul 1952

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officers

Mr S E Little    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
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 W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt F S Dunn   14 Jun 1952
Flt Lt M J Kelly   31 Jan 1950
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950
Flt Lt A G W Winch DFC 15 Oct 1951
Fg Off M J Oliver    3 Sep 1949

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
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 Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr D L Sladden    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - September 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

October 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr Ross P Harding Staff Officer; later AVM  28 Apr 1952
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Deputy Scientific Adviser

Dr B G Dickins CBE, PhD, BSc, ARCS, DIC  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr R O'C Pope BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr D G Watson    
Mr V F Strickland    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe Assistant Director; later A/Cdre 21 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Gibson MBE  6 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr G N Franklin    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr W H A Bradshaw DFC 18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  7 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J R Robinson AFC 23 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R S Allen DSO, DFC  1 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr R S Kerby   28 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr I D Mackersey    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr H A Pook   16 Jul 1952
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt J M Keogh   23 Mar 1952
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr B C G Rowsell    

Executive Officers

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

Wallace H Kyle

Director, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM 30 Jun 1952
Gp Capt Cecil T Weir Deputy Director, DFC; later AVM  
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Donald R Evans

Director, CBE, DFC; later ACM 10 Sep 1952
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt David C McKinley Deputy Director, DFC, AFC*; later AVM  5 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr F C Blackmore AFC 29 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G N Rushen   10 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder BSc, MIEE; later A/Cdre 23 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr Clifford T Jackaman OBE; later A/Cdre  1 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D McDermott   25 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr M J Underhill   18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr L F Woolcott   28 Aug 1952
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt R Bailey   10 Jul 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G F Cordon   11 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr A P Crowley   21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt H J J Gurd   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt D A R Naylor BEM 14 Aug 1952

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Engineer

Mr J Forrest    

Assistant Engineer

Mr A H Bailey    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Kenneth B B Cross Director, CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM  8 Sep 1952
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
Gp Capt H S Darley Deputy Director, DSO 21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr K P Mackenzie Assistant Director 16 May 1952
Wg Cdr E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt T S Steuart   15 Sep 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt John D Miller Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 27 Aug 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr Aeneas R D MacDonell DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Richard C Ayling Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 18 Aug 1952
Gp Capt David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr P L Chilton DSO, DFC, AFC 16 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W J O Coleman DFC 28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
Gp Capt

C W K Nicholls

Deputy Director, DSO, OBE  1 Sep 1952
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 N H Pond    6 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr M C Adderley AFC  2 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
Wg Cdr J H D Chapple   24 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr L A A McKilligin AFC 27 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr G B Masters    8 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE, DFC 30 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre

Robert C Jonas

Director, OBE 15 Aug 1952
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D A L Bell RCAF  
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones DFC 23 Sep 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr E H Dally   18 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr W A Howell AFC 28 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt J Blake   20 Dec 1951
Flt Lt W J de Bois DFM 12 Feb 1950
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey   20 Oct 1952
Flt Lt J D Crawford BSc (Eng) 20 Aug 1952
Flt Lt E S Davis    1 Oct 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D I Griffiths DFC 27 Oct 1952
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E A Howe   11 Aug 1952
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt R T W Jones   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C D Lapraik    3 Sep 1952
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt T N F Orr    6 Jun 1952
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt R V T Sprintall DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt T B Stephenson BSc 19 Aug 1952
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr J Ward    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr H J O'Brien DFC 11 Aug 1952
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950
Flt Lt J W F Wright    2 Jul 1952

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Executive Officer

Mr A N C Joiner    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Ridgway DSO  8 Sep 1952
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt F S Dunn   14 Jun 1952
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C W P Lishman    3 Sep 1952
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Sir Francis J W Mellersh

Commandant-General, KBE; AFC  1 Oct 1952
Flt Lt Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr R J H de-Brett   28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr M J Territt MBE 14 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - October 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

November 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp 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 R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AM Sir John W Baker Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM 17 Feb 1952
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

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr Ross P Harding Staff Officer; later AVM  28 Apr 1952
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Deputy Scientific Adviser

Dr B G Dickins CBE, PhD, BSc, ARCS, DIC  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr R O'C Pope BSc  
Mr E Heap BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off I H Forstyh    8 Aug 1951
Plt Off R H Vickers    8 Aug 1951

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr D G Watson    
Mr V F Strickland    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe Assistant Director; later A/Cdre 21 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Gibson MBE  6 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr G N Franklin    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

William S Hebden

Director 28 Apr 1950
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr W H A Bradshaw DFC 18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  7 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J R Robinson AFC 23 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R S Allen DSO, DFC  1 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr R S Kerby   28 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr H Mansell    1 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr I D Mackersey    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr H A Pook   16 Jul 1952
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt J M Keogh   23 Mar 1952
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr B C G Rowsell    

Executive Officers

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

Wallace H Kyle

Director, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM 30 Jun 1952
Gp Capt Cecil T Weir Deputy Director, DFC; later AVM  
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Donald R Evans

Director, CBE, DFC; later ACM 10 Sep 1952
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt David C McKinley Deputy Director, DFC, AFC*; later AVM  5 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr F C Blackmore AFC 29 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G N Rushen   10 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder BSc, MIEE; later A/Cdre 23 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr Clifford T Jackaman OBE; later A/Cdre  1 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D McDermott   25 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr M J Underhill   18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr L F Woolcott   28 Aug 1952
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt R Bailey   10 Jul 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director, BSc (Eng), MIEE  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G F Cordon   11 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr A P Crowley   21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt H J J Gurd   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt D A R Naylor BEM 14 Aug 1952

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Engineer

Mr J Forrest    

Assistant Engineer

Mr A H Bailey    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Kenneth B B Cross Director, CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM  8 Sep 1952
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
Gp Capt H S Darley Deputy Director, DSO 21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr K P Mackenzie Assistant Director 16 May 1952
Wg Cdr E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards DFC 30 Aug 1949
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Flt Lt T S Steuart   15 Sep 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt John D Miller Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 27 Aug 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr Aeneas R D MacDonell DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Richard C Ayling Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 18 Aug 1952
Gp Capt David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr P L Chilton DSO, DFC, AFC 16 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W J O Coleman DFC 28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
Gp Capt

C W K Nicholls

Deputy Director, DSO, OBE  1 Sep 1952
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 N H Pond    6 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr M C Adderley AFC  2 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
Wg Cdr J H D Chapple   24 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr C C Calder DSO, DFC  5 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr L A A McKilligin AFC 27 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr G B Masters    8 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE, DFC 30 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 21 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre

Robert C Jonas

Director, OBE 15 Aug 1952
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr B J Paul   14 Sep 1949
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D A L Bell RCAF  
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones DFC 23 Sep 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr E H Dally   18 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr W A Howell AFC 28 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr J P J McKinley    1 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey   20 Oct 1952
Flt Lt J D Crawford BSc (Eng) 20 Aug 1952
Flt Lt E S Davis    1 Oct 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D I Griffiths DFC 27 Oct 1952
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E A Howe   11 Aug 1952
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt R T W Jones   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C D Lapraik    3 Sep 1952
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt T N F Orr    6 Jun 1952
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt R V T Sprintall DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt T B Stephenson BSc 19 Aug 1952
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Mr G D Walker    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr J Ward    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr H J O'Brien DFC 11 Aug 1952
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950
Flt Lt J W F Wright    2 Jul 1952

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Executive Officer

Mr A N C Joiner    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr R S Mills DFC  2 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Ridgway DSO  8 Sep 1952
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt F S Dunn   14 Jun 1952
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C W P Lishman    3 Sep 1952
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Sir Francis J W Mellersh

Commandant-General, KBE; AFC  1 Oct 1952
Flt Lt Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr R J H de-Brett   28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr M J Territt MBE 14 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - November 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

December 1952

MRAF Sir John C Slessor Chief of the Air Staff,  GCB, DSO, MC   1 Jan 1950
Mr A F Thorp Private Secretary  
Mr E G Rayner Assistant Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Personal Staff Officer, MBE  1 Apr 1950
AM Sir John W Baker Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, MC, DFC 17 Mar 1952
Mr H E Lea Assistant Private Secretary  
Mr S T Gunnis Private Assistant  
AM Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, KBE, DFC, AFC; later ACM   1 Nov 1952
Mr R N Noyes Private Secretary  
Sqn Ldr B L Davis Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM  
AVM Theodore N McEvoy Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training), CB, CBE; later ACM  7 Nov 1950
AVM

Geoffrey W Tuttle

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, OBE, DFC; later AM 17 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R F Starnes Staff Officer, DFC  9 Apr 1951
AVM

Leslie Dalton-Morris

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals), CBE; later AM  1 Mar 1952
AVM

Walter L Dawson

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy), CB, CBE, DSO; later ACM  9 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J A McCorquodale Staff Officer  7 Jun 1944
AVM

Sir Harry Broadhurst

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM 19 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr Ross P Harding Staff Officer; later AVM  28 Apr 1952
AVM Francis J Fressanges Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence), CB; later AM 10 May 1952
Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry

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

Deputy Scientific Adviser

Dr B G Dickins CBE, PhD, BSc, ARCS, DIC  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Operational Research)

Mr H L Beards BSc  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Administration)

Mr A L Story MSc, AMIEE  

Assistant Scientific Adviser (Personnel Research)

Dr J B Parry BA, PhD, ABPsS  

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

Mr E C Cornford BA  
Mr E V Truefitt AMIEE  

Principal Psychologists

Mr A Cassie MA, ABPsS  
Mrs H S Anthony MA, ABPsS  

Principal Scientific Officers

Mr C C Aston MA  
Mr A Walker BA  
Mr R W Bevan BSc  

Senior Scientific Officers

Mr R H Collcutt BSc  
Mr B M Pocock BSc, FSS  
Mr D A Bullock BSc  
Miss G Fulton MA, BSc  
Mr R Spence BSc  
Mr A Smart MA  
Mr J E Handerson MA  
Mr J W Watts BSc  

Senior Psychologists

Mr A B Cherns MA  
Mr G W Higgin MA  

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr H Dawes BA, BSc  
Mr W E Pryor    

Scientific Officers

Mr R O'C Pope BSc  
Mr E Heap BSc  

Psychologists

Mr C Cunningham BA  
Mr K W Tilley BA  

Experimental Officers

Mr T E Shrimpton BA  
Mr W A Peters    
Mr J Gratwick BSc  
Mr N Kesteven    

RAF Officers

Plt Off B J Seymour   22 Oct 1952
Plt Off D C Thorpe   22 Oct 1952

Executive Officers

Mr W A Bacon    
Mr D G Watson    
Mr V F Strickland    

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)

Assistant Directorate of Training (Plans)
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe Assistant Director; later A/Cdre 21 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr G M Gibson MBE  6 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC  1 Jan 1951

Executive Officer

Mr G N Franklin    
Assistant Directorate of Training (Co-ordination)
Wg Cdr L D Wilson Assistant Director, DSO, DFC, AFC  6 Feb 1951
Directorate of Flying Training
A/Cdre

Roger C Mead

Director, CBE, DFC, AFC, ADC  1 Dec 1952
Gp Capt P W Bale Deputy Director 21 May 1951
Gp Capt

Noel H Fresson

Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  8 May 1950
Gp Capt R J Gosnell Deputy Director, DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr A K Gatward DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr J E Grindon DSO, AFC  6 Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R F Martin DFC, AFC 10 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P Meston   26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R G Prier DFC 28 May 1951
Lt Cdr RN A J D Harding DSC 15 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr W H A Bradshaw DFC 18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V L Gotham   10 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Hall AFC  7 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Basil Hamilton DFC; later A/Cdr  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J A W Long AFC 28 May 1951
Sqn Ldr L G Raymond MBE 29 Dec 1949
Sqn Ldr R C W Rayson RAAF 13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr J R Robinson AFC 23 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr V F Wallace   18 May 1951
Flt Lt A E Gamble   17 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D R Oliver DFC 22 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Gp Capt (Ret'd) J D S Denholm    
Deputy Directorate of Operational Training
Gp Capt James R Gordon-Finlayson Deputy Director, DSO, DFC, MA; later AVM 26 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr D G Lyster DSO, DFC, AFC  2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr G L Sinclair DFC  8 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Frampton   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr W J Ives   23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC 29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V G Owen-Jones DFC 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr F Squire DSO, DFC 25 Jun 1951
Mr A H Meaby Higher Executive Officer  
Directorate of Command and Staff Training
Gp Capt G N Amison Director 18 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr R S Allen DSO, DFC  1 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr F E Burton OBE, DFC 26 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A J Hicks AFc 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr Richard I Jones AFC; later AVM 11 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr J Eames DFC 16 May 1952
Sqn Ldr R S Kerby   28 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H L Lewis    1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr S H Martin   22 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr O E Simpson   14 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker   17 Jul 1950
Flt Lt D W Harvey    1 Feb 1952

Special Appointments

Mr C E Sargeant    
Mr I Bellas    
Mr I D Mackersey    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr A Blackborow    

Executive Officers

Mr A W Smith    
Miss M E Tull    
Miss A W C Fitch    
Miss V E Harris    
Mr J R Collieson    

Leading Illustrators

Mr J White    
Mr J R A Clark    
Assistant Directorate of Accident Prevention
Wg Cdr L H Baker Assistant Director 21 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R Crouch   24 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G A Huxford    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr H A Pook   16 Jul 1952
Flt Lt H W Cornish-Underwood DFC 15 Sep 1949
Flt Lt J Hartley   19 Nov 1951
Flt Lt J M Keogh   23 Mar 1952
Flt Lt T R V Tait   23 Apr 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr B C G Rowsell    

Executive Officers

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

Wallace H Kyle

Director, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM 30 Jun 1952
Gp Capt Cecil T Weir Deputy Director, DFC; later AVM  
Gp Capt Harold P Broad Deputy Director, CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Jun 1951
Lt Col E J Martin   xx Feb 1950
Wg Cdr R J Burrough DFC 14 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr L Coulson    5 May 1952
Wg Cdr F W Higginson DFC, DFM 16 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles R C Howlett later A/Cdre 14 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr Eric Plumtree OBE, DFC; later AVM 19 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr E N M Sparks DFC, AFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J D Chandler   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J L Craig DSO, DFC, AFC 31 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr L Ellerd-Styles BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, DCAe  7 May 1952
Sqn Ldr H J Gowing   12 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr G T Grogan    1 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H C Kelsey DSO, DFC 30 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Munro   20 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr J R Saunders    7 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC  8 Oct 1951

Executive Officer

Mr R J Armstrong    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (B)
A/Cdre

Donald R Evans

Director, CBE, DFC; later ACM 10 Sep 1952
Gp Capt Benjamin H Boon Deputy Director, OBE, BA; later A/Cdre 12 Jun 1950
Gp Capt David C McKinley Deputy Director, DFC, AFC*; later AVM  5 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell MVO, DFC; later A/Cdre 10 Apr 1952
Wg Cdr G A Richmond MBE 28 May 1952
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr F C Blackmore AFC 29 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Callard DFC, AFC  4 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr Douglas F H Grocott AFC; later A/Cdre 24 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr Edgar James DFC, AFC*; later AVM  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R McGugan   27 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr R F H Ramsay    7 Aug 1950
Sqn Ldr G N Rushen   10 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC 25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder BSc, MIEE; later A/Cdre 23 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr J A Wright DFC  2 Apr 1951
Flt Lt John E Bazalgette DFC; later A/Cdre 13 Jun 1951
Flt Lt C E Butterworth   18 Jan 1951
Flt Lt K S Delbridge DFC 12 Mar 1951
Flt Lt P M Mitchell   21 May 1951
Flt Lt F A B Newton   14 Jan 1952
Flt Lt S J Steel    8 Oct 1951

Higher Executive Officer

Mr W F Jaggs    
Directorate of Operational Requirements (5)
Gp Capt Colin Scragg MBE, AFC*; later AVM 11 Dec 1950
Wg Cdr J R Moir    7 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr F E Tyndall BSc 28 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr C K Saxelby DFC 25 Feb 1952

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Signals)

Directorate of Signals (P)
A/Cdre Hubert H Chapman Director, AMIEE; later AVM 15 Jan 1952
Col E D Good Deputy Director, CBE  3 Mar 1952
Gp Capt J E Kirk Deputy Director 10 Dec 1950
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr F W Hudson   23 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley BSc (Eng)  6 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr Clifford T Jackaman OBE; later A/Cdre  1 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D McDermott   25 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr D G Viney BEM  4 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr M C F Witty    9 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr C Cameron    3 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr J J Dennis OBE 14 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr J Fifield   25 Oct 1948
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs DFC  8 Jun 1949
Sqn Ldr R E Gilks   16 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Goodey DFC 17 Dec 1951
Sqn Ldr J A Jones   22 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr A J J Kirk   16 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr R Lewis   24 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr J H Spencer    2 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F M Thomas   14 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr M J Underhill   18 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr L F Woolcott   28 Aug 1952
Maj J B Wolstenholme    1 Jan 1952
Flt Lt R Bailey   10 Jul 1952
Flt Lt G R S Browne    6 Oct 1947
Flt Lt W A Hammond   15 Oct 1951
Flt Lt F A H Jenkins   10 Sep 1951

Senior Experimental Officer

Mr C F Sutton MA  

Higher Executive Officer

Mr J S Swallow    

Special Appointment

Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) C G H Ricketts    

Executive Officers

Mr R F Barton    
Mr H D McKay    
Directorate of Signals (O)
A/Cdre Victor G A Hatcher Director, OBE, AFC  1 Jan 1951
Gp Capt N F Simpson Deputy Director, OBE 31 Dec 1951
Gp Capt Arthur D Messenger Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Mr R H Franklin Assistant Director, BSc (Eng), MIEE  
Wg Cdr E C Ashley    1 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr G F Cordon   11 Aug 1952
Wg Cdr A P Crowley   21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr C D Moore    9 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr G E Walker   14 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr J T Adey BSc, AFRAeS 11 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr S W Byrne    4 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr L E Farrell   25 Sep 1950
Sqn Ldr H W Furness   26 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr P S Gage   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr J H Jenkins    5 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr R Jones   31 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr J J W Lewis DFM 13 Apr 1948
Sqn Ldr E Merch-Channon   24 May 1951
Sqn Ldr G Morgan   12 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr C E T Mugford   25 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet   12 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr G W F Penwarden   17 Apr 1950
Sqn Ldr S F Ritchens   27 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham    1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G R Sim   17 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr R Simpson    4 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith   11 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Symonds   31 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr G G Tayler    5 Mar 1951
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone   28 Apr 1952
Flt Lt L W Capp   21 Feb 1951
Flt Lt H J J Gurd   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt F J Kilbride   24 Nov 1952
Flt Lt D A R Naylor BEM 14 Aug 1952

Higher Executive Officer

Mr G G Craig    

Executive Engineer

Mr J Forrest    

Assistant Engineer

Mr A H Bailey    

Executive Officer

Mr J H Collins    
Directorate of Weapons
A/Cdre Kenneth B B Cross Director, CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM  8 Sep 1952
Gp Capt W F C Hobson Deputy Director 17 Jan 1949
Wg Cdr E F E Barnard   27 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr Cresswell M Clementi OBE; later AVM 16 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr L G Mackay    2 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr B G Morris    1 Jul 1947
Wg Cdr G M Wyatt DFC 21 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr S D Baldock DFM 31 May 1951
Sqn Ldr B Deaves DFC  3 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr R J Sage AFC 15 Nov 1950
Sqn Ldr H Simpson   21 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr W Surtees DFC 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC 19 May 1952
Flt Lt S H Cox    3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt J P Hammond   16 Jan 1952

Special Appointment

Wg Cdr (Ret'd) C B Millett OBE  
Directorate of Navigation and Control
A/Cdre

Henry R Graham

Director, DSO, DFC; later AVM 21 Apr 1952
Gp Capt R E G Brittain Deputy Director 24 Mar 1952
Gp Capt H S Darley Deputy Director, DSO 21 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr D M Egan Assistant Director, AFC 12 Jan 1948
Wg Cdr K P Mackenzie Assistant Director 16 May 1952
Wg Cdr E M H Slade Assistant Director, AFC 14 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr P H Watts Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr C R Alexander MBE, DFM  2 Nov 1952
Wg Cdr John B Russell DSO; later AVM 13 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E R Bangor-Jones   18 Dec 1950
Sqn Ldr P H J Buddery   26 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr G J Daly DFC 23 Apr 1951
Sqn Ldr J T Freeman DFC  6 Mar 1950
Sqn Ldr M H Hooper AFC 17 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr J H Lowes AFC 14 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr G K Muirhead DFM 14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr G A Sinclair   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Smith   29 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr V S Swain DFC  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt D R S Kyd   23 Nov 1949
Flt Lt H C Scott    7 Feb 1952
Flt Lt T S Steuart   15 Sep 1952
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy)
Directorate of Plans
A/Cdre

Francis J St G Braithwaite

Director, CBE; later AVM 28 Jan 1952
Gp Capt John D Miller Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre 27 Aug 1952
Gp Capt Douglas L Amlot DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr J R Armistead DFC 14 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Peter C Fletcher OBE, DFC; later ACM 20 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr G Frain MBE 16 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr Aeneas R D MacDonell DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 29 Oct 1951
Directorate of Policy (Air Staff)
A/Cdre

David W Lane

Director, CBE  3 Jan 1952
Gp Capt Richard C Ayling Deputy Director, OBE; later AVM 18 Aug 1952
Gp Capt David J P Lee Deputy Director,  CBE; later ACM 31 Aug 1950
Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC 11 Jun 1951
Wg Cdr P L Chilton DSO, DFC, AFC 16 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr W J O Coleman DFC 28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr R C Haine DFC  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr R P R Powell DFC 28 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr Charles H Simpson later A/Cdre 24 Jan 1952
Wg Cdr D G H Spencer MBE  5 Feb 1951
Wg Cdr R P S Wyrill   12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr A P B de Mornay   30 Oct 1952
Directorate of NATO Affairs
A/Cdre Guy W Hayes Director, OBE 29 Oct 1952
Gp Capt Vacant Deputy Director  
Wg Cdr A R Collins   25 May 1951
Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC 25 Jan 1952

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations)
Directorate of Operations (1)
A/Cdre Alfred G Adnams Director, later A/Cdre 20 Dec 1951
Gp Capt

C W K Nicholls

Deputy Director, DSO, OBE  1 Sep 1952
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 N H Pond    6 Oct 1952
Wg Cdr M C Adderley AFC  2 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr C F Bradley DSO 12 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L W Burgess    7 Oct 1951
Wg Cdr J H D Chapple   24 Nov 1950
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe DSO 12 Jan 1950
Wg Cdr R E Jay   25 Jul 1950
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFc  9 Apr 1951
Wg Cdr W J Marshall MBE 30 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr E L D Drake   19 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM  7 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC 15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr L A A McKilligin AFC 27 Aug 1952
Sqn Ldr H J McRae   15 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr G B Masters    8 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr R B Roache DFC  9 Oct 1950
Flt Lt C G Peters   13 Feb 1950
Directorate of Operations (2)
A/Cdre David N Roberts Director, OBE, AFC  1 Mar 1951
Gp Capt D D Christie Deputy Director, OBE, AFC 11 Sep 1950
Gp Capt R H Donkin Deputy Director, OBE, AFC  6 Apr 1949
Gp Capt Charles R Lousada Deputy Director; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1951
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss Deputy Director, OBE 26 Apr 1951
Lt Col J H Cubbon OBE  1 Mar 1950
Wg Cdr G J Buxton MBE  6 Aug 1948
Wg Cdr B L Duigan DSO, DFC 28 Aug 1951
Wg Cdr L M Gundry-White   17 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr H G Hastings AFC, AFM  1 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE, DFC 30 Jun 1952
Wg Cdr R H Thomas DSO, DFC 29 Jan 1951
Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC 10 Sep 1951
Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC  1 Nov 1951
Maj M J J Rolt   29 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr D M Gall DFC 27 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr Paul R Mallorie AFC; later AVM  1 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr C P N Newman DFC 17 Aug 1948
Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC 23 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr S R Walton   30 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) F C Farrington    1 Jun 1946

Higher Executive Officer

Mr A M Ross    
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence)
Directorate of Intelligence
A/Cdre

Robert C Jonas

Director, OBE 15 Aug 1952
Gp Capt H B Collins Deputy Director, MA 24 Jul 1950
Gp Capt Gerrard J C Paul Deputy Director, DFC; later A/Cdre  5 Sep 1949
Gp Capt H M Pinfold   26 Sep 1950
Wg Cdr Peter H Cribb Assistant Director, DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre 11 Feb 1952
Wg Cdr D F Dennis Assistant Director, DSO, DFC 16 May 1950
Wg Cdr J A Crockett    3 Nov 1952
Wg Cdr R E Glover DFC  3 Dec 1951
Wg Cdr D A Reddick OBE, DFC, AFC  3 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr J Thom    9 Oct 1950
Wg Cdr A G H Wearne RAAF  9 Nov 1951
Maj W F Trites USAF 21 May 1951
Sqn Ldr W H Angus   16 Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr D F Baker   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr C H Beeton   12 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D A L Bell RCAF  
Sqn Ldr H Bentley MBE  1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones DFC 23 Sep 1952
Sqn Ldr S E Bussey   10 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr E H Dally   18 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr G M Donaldson    1 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr C W Hayes    5 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr A H Hewitt   13 Aug 1951
Sqn Ldr W A Howell AFC 28 Jul 1952
Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr H G Jordan DSO  1 Jan 1951
Sqn Ldr F C McClennan RCAF  3 Jul 1950
Sqn Ldr J P J McKinley    1 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr A G Salter DFC  2 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor   10 Oct 1950
Sqn Ldr C R Turner AFC 24 Oct 1951
Sqn Ldr Mansel C M Vaughan MBE; later A/Cdre  3 Oct 1951
Flt Lt A G Allen    5 Feb 1952
Flt Lt J R Austin   29 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C S Bamberger DFC  5 May 1952
Flt Lt E Bean   21 Jun 1951
Flt Lt H G Bullen   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt E S M Chidgey   20 Oct 1952
Flt Lt J D Crawford BSc (Eng) 20 Aug 1952
Flt Lt E S Davis    1 Oct 1952
Flt Lt H R Farmery   12 Nov 1951
Flt Lt W French    1 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J Godfrey   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt D I Griffiths DFC 27 Oct 1952
Flt Lt C W Harras   22 Feb 1951
Flt Lt W A Hinshelwood   21 Aug 1950
Flt Lt A E A Howe   11 Aug 1952
Flt Lt W J Hunter   15 Jan 1951
Flt Lt D Jones   27 Dec 1951
Flt Lt D C Jones DFC 21 May 1951
Flt Lt R T W Jones   14 Jul 1952
Flt Lt E Kerrigan   21 Nov 1951
Flt Lt M Kornarski OBE 26 Apr 1950
Flt Lt C D Lapraik    3 Sep 1952
Flt Lt L R Old    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt T N F Orr    6 Jun 1952
Flt Lt B O Ratcliffe   11 Apr 1951
Flt Lt V T Rollason   23 May 1952
Flt Lt R V T Sprintall DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt P A Stanford DFC  3 Mar 1952
Flt Lt C W Stanley   16 Feb 1950
Flt Lt T B Stephenson BSc 19 Aug 1952
Flt Lt R H Taylor    3 Jan 1951
Flt Lt M A C Till   18 Jun 1951
Flt Lt B J Watson    7 Mar 1952
Flt Lt G G Woodward   27 Sep 1950
Flt Off B Freeman    7 Sep 1950
Fg Off S P R Sercombe   27 Dec 1950

Special Appointments

A/Cdre Noel S Paynter CB  
Flt Lt (Ret'd) F J Lee    

Higher Executive Officers

Mr L G Perry MBE  

Superintendent of Translators

Miss M E B Lindsay    

Executive Officers

Mr S F Mason    
Miss D Bent    
Miss J K Brett-Clarke    
Mr C A Lewis MBE  
Mr G F N Carter    
Mr J J Hampton    
Mr F G A Wainwright    
Mr L J D Landen    
Mr R B Hams    
Mr W J S Batho    
Miss P I Priter    
Mr L J Cutting    
Mr L W Peers    
Mr C E Houlton    
Miss M W Pollock    
Mr J Ward    
Mr O E Crispin    

Leading Illustrator

Mr J W Lambert    
Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Security)
Gp Capt Cuthbert V Mears Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  3 Mar 1951
Wg Cdr A Hall OBE 15 May 1951
Wg Cdr C Marshall MBE  5 Nov 1951
Wg Cdr Leonard H Snelling AFC; later A/Cdre 11 Jun 1951
Lt Cdr N A Gaunt RNVR  
Maj J M B Poyntz    
Maj N J Rifkin USAF 31 Mar 1952
Sqn Ldr L G Ash    7 Nov 1951
Sqn Ldr D P Hughes   10 Oct 1949
Sqn Ldr H J O'Brien DFC 11 Aug 1952
Capt C J Young    
Flt Lt B A Bourne   10 Mar 1952
Flt Lt D E Mathews   30 Apr 1951
Flt Lt L F Valentine   19 Mar 1951
Flt Lt R A Walker   31 May 1950
Flt Lt J W F Wright    2 Jul 1952

Special Appointments

Wg Cdr H W Raeburn AFC  
Sqn Ldr J W Bell DSM  

Higher Executive Officer

Mr S E Little    

Executive Officer

Mr A N C Joiner    
Deputy Directorate of Air Foreign Liaison
Gp Capt David W Bayne Deputy Director  3 Mar 1952
Wg Cdr P S Davis OBE  1 Dec 1952
Wg Cdr R E Ridgway DSO  8 Sep 1952
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas DFC; later A/Cdre 28 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W R Assheton DFC  4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher    4 May 1951
Sqn Ldr P A L Cooper   15 Apr 1952
Sqn Ldr M K Forter   28 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC 15 Jun 1950
Flt Lt H E Breeze   31 Mar 1952
Flt Lt F S Dunn   14 Jun 1952
Flt Lt N G Kitchen   27 Oct 1951
Flt Lt C W P Lishman    3 Sep 1952
Flt Lt E J Mason MBE  3 Jan 1949
Flt Lt H F MacNevin   17 Jan 1951
Flt Lt J C Platt   20 Jun 1949
Flt Lt J C G Willmott MBE  7 Dec 1950

Retired Officer

Wg Cdr F R Wilkins    

Executive Officer

Mr J B Hogan MBE  

Executive Officers

Mrs E R Davis    
Mr I J I Shanks    
Mr R C Worger    
Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment and Inspector Ground Combat Training
AVM

Sir Francis J W Mellersh

Commandant-General, KBE; AFC  1 Oct 1952
Flt Lt Peter D G Terry Staff Officer to Commandant-General; later ACM  7 Jan 1952
A/Cdre Jack H Harris Director, CBE; later AVM 24 Jul 1948
Gp Capt H H Farthing Deputy Director  2 Jul 1951
Wg Cdr R J H de-Brett   28 Jul 1952
Wg Cdr M J Territt MBE 14 Oct 1952
Sqn Ldr R P Hogg    4 Feb 1952
Sqn Ldr J S Holden    6 Jun 1950
Sqn Ldr H E Hunt    6 Feb 1950
Sqn Ldr W C Penney   14 Jan 1952
Sqn Ldr A E Richardson   14 Jun 1951
Sqn Ldr H Sullivan   30 Apr 1951

Source - December 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

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