APPENDIX II
Principal Air Commanders, 1944-1945

        Date of Appointment
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Deputy Supreme Allied Commander
      Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder, G.C.B. 17th January, 1944
Allied Expeditionary Air Force1
Air Commander-in-Chief
      Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory, K.C.B., D.S.O. 15th November, 1943
Second Tactical Air Force
      Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. 21st January, 1944
British Air Forces of Occupation, Germany
Air Commander-in-Chief
      Air Chief Marshal Sir W. Sholto Douglas, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C. 15th July, 1945
Bomber Command
      Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. 22nd February, 1942
Air Defence of Great Britain2
Air Marshal Commanding
      Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. Hill, K.C.B., M.C., A.F.C. 15th November, 1943
Fighter Command
      Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. Hill, K.C.B., M.C., A.F.C. 15th October, 1944
      Air Marshal Sir James M. Robb, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C, A.F.C. 14th May, 1945
Coastal Command
      Air Marshal Sir John C. Slessor, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. 5th February, 1943
      Air Chief Marshal Sir W. Sholto Douglas, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C. 20th January, 1944
      Air Marshal Sir Leonard H. Slatter, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.C, D.F.C. 30th June, 1945
Transport Command
      Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 25th March, 1943
      Air Marshal The Hon. Sir Ralph A. Cochrane, K.B.E., C.B., A.F.C. 15th February, 1945
Flying Training Command
      Air Marshal Sir Philip Babington, K.C.B., M.C., A.F.C. 17th August, 1942
Maintenance Command
      Air Marshal Sir Grahame Donald, K.C.B., D.F.C, A.F.C. 12th October, 1942
Technical Training Command
      Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.C. 1st June, 1943
OVERSEAS
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, M.A.A.F., and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Air Force, Mediterranean and Middle East
      Air Marshal Sir John C. Slessor, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. 14th January, 1944
      Air Marshal Sir A. Guy R. Garrod, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. 16th March, 1945
Headquarters, R.A.F., Mediterranean and Middle East
Commander-in-Chief
      Air Marshal Sir A. Guy R. Garrod, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. 1st August, 1945
Middle East Command
      Air Chief Marshal Sir W. Sholto Douglas, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C. 11th January, 1943
      Air Marshal Sir Keith R. Park, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. 14th January, 1944
      Air Marshal Sir Charles E. H. Medhurst, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C. 8th February, 1945
Air Command, South-East Asia
Allied Air Commander-in-Chief
      Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C. 16th November, 1943
      Air Marshal Sir A. Guy R. Garrod, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C. D.F.C. 27th November, 1944
      Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith R. Park, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. 25th February 1945
Note.--Appointments are those of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief except where otherwise stated.

1. Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force was disbanded 15th October, 1944, on absorption into S.H.A.E.F.
2. Renamed Fighter Command 15th October, 1944.

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