NEW AIR CHIEF
SIR CHARLES PORTAL PROMOTED FROM BOMBER COMMAND LONDON, Oct. 5 (Received Oct. 6, at 8 p.m.) The Air Ministry has appointed Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal as an additional member of the Air Council and also a? successoi to
Marshal ot the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall, who has been appointed Governor-General of New Zealand, as Chief of the Air Staff. Sir Richard Peirse will succeed Sir Charles Portal as Air Officer Commanding the Chief Bomber Command Aii Chief Marsha] Sir Charles Portal has been Air Member for Personnel on the Air Council for about a year He served in the European Wai, gaining the D.S.O and bar and the M.C He commanded the British forces al Aden in 1934-35, was an instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1936-37 and served as Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1937-38 He is aged 47
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24422, 7 October 1940, Page 7
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