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  • Category: Leadership & Structure

    RAF leadership. from Chief of Air Staff down, and general organisation

  • RAF Wartime Organisation

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on October 17, 2020February 23, 2022

    CHIEF OF AIR STAFF From 1940 to 1946, Charles Portal was the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), the top man in the RAF and the Secretary of State for Air’s principal adviser. (The Secretary …

    Leadership & Structure
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