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==Commanders in Chief== The following officers commanded the service:<ref>Ashworth 1992, pp. 223–225.</ref> [[File:Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill.jpg|thumb|right|Frederick Bowhill was the longest serving C-in-C, serving three years and ten months.]] {|class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: left;"|Name ! style="text-align: left;"|From ! style="text-align: left;"|To |- | [[Air Marshal]] Sir [[Arthur Longmore]] || 14 July 1936 || 1 September 1936 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Philip Joubert de la Ferté]] || 1 September 1936 || 18 August 1937 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Frederick Bowhill]] || 18 August 1937 || 14 June 1941 |- | [[Air Chief Marshal]] Sir [[Philip Joubert de la Ferté]] || 14 June 1941 || 5 February 1943 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[John Slessor]] || 5 February 1943 || 20 January 1944 |- | Air Chief Marshal Sir [[Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside|William Sholto Douglas]] || 20 January 1944 || 30 June 1945 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Leonard Slatter]] || 30 June 1945 || 1 November 1948 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[John Baker (RAF officer)|John Baker]] || 1 November 1948 || 1 January 1950 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Charles Steele (Royal Air Force officer)|Charles Steele]] || 1 January 1950 || 8 June 1951 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Alick Stevens]] || 8 June 1951 || 8 November 1953 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[John Boothman]] || 15 November 1953 || 5 April 1956 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Brian Reynolds (RAF officer)|Brian Reynolds]] || 5 April 1956 || 1 June 1959 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Edward Chilton]] || 1 June 1959 || 10 August 1962 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Anthony Selway]] || 10 August 1962 || 22 January 1965 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[Paul Holder]] || 22 January 1965 || 2 September 1968 |- | Air Marshal Sir [[John Lapsley]] || 2 September 1968 || 28 November 1969 |}
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