Thanks for trying Baz – he does seem to be well hidden. I’ve tried to attach a copy of his signature, just out of interest…

Thanks again folks, will follow this advice too. The problem is that some of the signatures are illegible (at least to me!)

aircraftclocks – did you see my PM?

Cheers to all, and stay safe, Andrew

Thanks basv, they would make sense, so will follow that line of inquiry, cheers.

Thanks Air Ministry – at least I don’t feel quite as lonely in self-isolation as I did! I’m not sure if this may be of interest to you, but I understand that the RAF AHB have a document entitled “Air Ministry, Department of the Chief of the Air Staff – List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, Part II”, which is dated July 1939, although it might be difficult to get anything out of them during the present crisis. I haven’t tried, as I’m interested in 1943 onwards……

Thanks again to both of you. Andrew

Mmm, I didn’t think that would work – oh well ?

Perhaps someone can help me by identifying any of the following:

D/C Eng. O.

O.A.2

Org.3 (Organisation 3)

O.P.2

T.1

I’m now thinking that most, if not all, of these are sections within Bomber Command (possibly at its Headquarters.) As always, any help will be gratefully received. Thanks again. Andrew

So folks, I now know that I really need to look at documents AIR20/7516 and AIR20/7517 in the National Archives, but I won’t be able to visit for some time yet. I don’t suppose that anyone has electronic copies of these lying about on their laptops – do they? Just a thought…..?

No success on finding W/Cdr Clark yet, but I have received a useful response from RAF AHB, as follows:

“The Air Ministry Distribution of Duties lists show the department and section codes in use at the Air Ministry.  These are not the easiest of documents to use, but they do have the codes, the name of the office holder at that time, and a brief description of that section’s duties/responsibilities.  The lists are broken down into organisational segments (i.e. Air Member for Personnel’s Department, Chief of the Air Staff’s Department, etc.), so they will also show where each section sits within the overall organisational structure.

“They are held in The National Archives, starting with AIR20/7499 (1917) and moving forward in time from there.”

I’ve shared it as, although I think it will help me when I can get to Kew, it may also be useful for others to know about this.

Stay safe everyone….