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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=September, 1926|end=December, 1928|as=Director of the Air Section}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=September, 1926|end=December, 1928|as=Director of the Air Section}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=31 December, 1928|end=5 April, 1930|as=Director of the Naval Air Division|note=hereafter, the Air Division}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=31 December, 1928|end=5 April, 1930|as=Director of the Naval Air Division|note=hereafter, the Air Division}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Turle|nick=Charles E. Turle|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Turle|nick=Charles E. Turle|appt=5 April, 1930|end=5 April, 1932}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=March, 1932|end=July, 1934}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=March, 1932|end=July, 1934}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=July, 1934|end=January, 1937}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=July, 1934|end=January, 1937}} | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 12 November 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, 5 April, 1930 – 5 April, 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 – 21 November, 1939
- Captain Clement Moody, 21 November, 1939 – 9 September, 1941
- Captain Arthur R. M. Bridge, September, 1941 – February, 1943
- Captain John P. Wright, February, 1943 – January, 1945
- Captain Guy Willoughby, January, 1945 – December, 1946
Deputy Directors
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, July, 1936 – January, 1937
- Captain Reginald Henry Portal, 1 January, 1937 – 18 February, 1938
- Captain Gerald M. B. Langley, February, 1938 – November, 1939
- Captain Robert M. Ellis, November, 1939 – February, 1941
- Captain Edmund W. Anstice, February, 1941 – 1942
- Captain Barrington L. Moore, 1942 – February, 1943
- Captain Arthur D. Torlesse, February, 1943 – July, 1944
- Captain Philip C. L. Yorke, July, 1944 – February, 1946
Footnotes
