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APPENDIX II
Principal Air Commanders, 1942-431
Date of Appointment HOME Bomber Command Air Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C. 5th October, 1940 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. 22nd February, 1942 Fighter Command2 Air Chief Marshal Sir W. Sholto Douglas, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C. 25th November, 1940 Air Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory, K.C.B., D.S.O. 28th November, 1942 Air Marshal R. M. Hill, C.B., M.C, A.F.C. 15th November, 1943 Coastal Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip B. Joubert de la Ferté, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 14th June, 1941 Air Marshal Sir John C. Slessor, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. 5th February, 1943 Army Co-operation Command3 Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.C. 20th November, 1940 Flying Training Command Air Marshal Sir William L. Welsh, K.C.B., D.S.C, A.F.C. 7th July, 1941 Air Marshal Sir Philip Babington, K.C.B., M.C, A.F.C. 17th August, 1942 Maintenance Command Air Marshal Sir John S. T. Bradley, K.C.B., C.B.E. 31st March, 1938 Air Marshal D. G. Donald, C.B., D.F.C, A.F.C. 12th October, 1942 Technical Training Command Air Marshal Sir John T. Babington, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. 7th July, 1941 Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.C. 1st June, 1943
Date of Appointment Transport Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 25th March, 1943 Allied Expeditionary Air Force Air Commander-in-Chief Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory, K.C.B., D.S.O. 15th November, 1943 OVERSEAS Mediterranean Air Command4 Air Commander-in-Chief Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder, G.C.B 17th February, 1943 Middle East Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder, G.C.B 1st June, 1941 Air Chief Marshal Sir W. Sholto Douglas, K.C.B., M.C, D.F.C. 11th January, 1943 Air Forces in India Air Marshal Sir Patrick H. L. Playfair, K.B.E., C.B., c.v.o., M.C. 26th September, 1940 Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C. 6th March, 1942 Eastern Air Command, Africa5 Air Marshal Sir William L. Welsh, K.C.B., D.S.C, A.F.C. 2nd November, 1942 Air Command, South-East Asia Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C 16th November, 1943 R.A.F. Ferry Command6 Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 18th July, 1941
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