Commanders-in-Chief
At any one time several air officers served on the staff of Bomber Command and so the overall commander was known as the Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, the most well-known being Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris. The commanders-in-chief and their dates of appointment are listed below with the rank which they held whilst in post.
- 14 July 1936 - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Steel
- 12 September 1937 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
- 3 April 1940 - Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal
- 5 October 1940 - Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse
- 8 January 1942 - Air Vice Marshal J E A Baldwin (Acting C-in-C)
- 22 February 1942 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
- 15 September 1945 - Air Marshal Sir Norman Bottomley
- 16 January 1947 - Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders
- 8 October 1947 - Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood
- 2 February 1950 - Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd
- 9 April 1953 - Air Marshal Sir George Mills
- 22 January 1956 - Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst
- 20 May 1959 - Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross
- 1 September 1963 - Air Marshal Sir John Grandy
- 19 February 1965 - Air Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle
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