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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Henry Portal|nick=Reginald Henry Portal|appt=January, 1937|end=February, 1938}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Henry Portal|nick=Reginald Henry Portal|appt=January, 1937|end=February, 1938}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Mayrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=November, 1939|end=February, 1941}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Mayrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=November, 1939|end=February, 1941}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Walter Anstice|nick=Edmund W. Anstice|appt=February, 1941|end=1942}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Walter Anstice|nick=Edmund W. Anstice|appt=February, 1941|end=1942}} | ||
Revision as of 10:38, 26 August 2017
The Air Section was created in mid-1920 upon the abolition of the Air Department. In 1928, it was renamed the Naval Air Division.
Creation
Strength
Staff
Directors
- Captain Thomas F. P. Calvert, February, 1924 – September, 1926
- Captain Cecil P. Talbot, September, 1926 – December, 1928
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 31 December, 1928 – 5 April, 1930 (hereafter, the Air Division)
- Captain Charles E. Turle, March, 1930 – March, 1932
- Captain Henry C. Rawlings, March, 1932 – July, 1934
- Captain Charles F. Harris, July, 1934 – January, 1937
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, January, 1937 – February, 1939
- Captain Charles A. A. Larcom, February, 1939 – November, 1939
- Captain Clement Moody, November, 1939 – September, 1941
- Captain Arthur R. M. Bridge, September, 1941 – February, 1943
- Captain John P. Wright, February, 1943 – January, 1945
- Captain Guy Willoughby, January, 1945 – December, 1946
Deputy Directors
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, July, 1936 – January, 1937
- Captain Reginald Henry Portal, January, 1937 – February, 1938
- Captain Gerald M. B. Langley, February, 1938 – November, 1939
- Captain Robert M. Ellis, November, 1939 – February, 1941
- Captain Edmund W. Anstice, February, 1941 – 1942
- Captain Barrington L. Moore, 1942 – February, 1943
- Captain Arthur D. Torlesse, February, 1943 – July, 1944
- Captain Philip C. L. Yorke, July, 1944 – February, 1946
Footnotes
