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APPENDIX I
Members of the Air Council, 1944-August 1945
Date of Appointment Secretary of State for Air The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bart., K.T., C.M.G., M.P. 11th May, 1940 The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, M.P. 28th May, 1945 The Rt. Hon. Viscount Stansgate, D.S.O., D.F.C. 3rd August, 1945 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air Captain The Rt. Hon. H. H. Balfour, M.C., M.P. 16th May, 1938 Lord Sherwood (Under-Secretary of State, House of Lords) 22nd July, 1941 Commander R. A. Brabner, D.S.O., D.S.C., M.P. 22nd November, 1944 Earl Beatty, D.S.C. (Under-Secretary of State, House of Lords) May, 1945 Major The Hon. Quintin Hogg, M.P. 13th April, 1945 E. J. St. L. Strachey, Esq., M.P. 6th August, 1945 Chief of the Air Staff Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Portal of Hungerford, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. 25th October, 1940 Air Member for Personnel Air Marshal Sir Bertine E. Sutton, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. 17th August, 1942 Air Marshal Sir John C. Slessor, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. 5th April, 1945 Air Member for Supply and Organisation Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher L. Courtney, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. 15th January, 1940 Air Member for Training Air Marshal Sir Peter R. M. Drummond, K.C.B., D.S.O, O.B.E., M.C. 27th April, 1943 Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. Hill, K.C.B., M.C., A.F.C. 14th May, 1945 Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Am Sir Arthur W. Street, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G., C.I.E., M.C. 1st June, 1939 Additional Members Air Marshal Sir Douglas C. S. Evill, K.C.B., D.S.C, A.F.C. (Vice-Chief of the Air Staff) 21st March, 1943 Air Marshal Sir Ralph S. Sorley, K.C.B., O.B.E., D.S.C, D.F.C. (Controller of Research and Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production) 20th April, 1943 Sir Harold G. Howitt, D.S.O., M.C., F.C.A. September, 1939
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