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By: - 4th January 2013 at 10:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Could the officer on the left be the Duke of Kent?
The present Duke's father was in the RAF and died during WW2.
mmitch.
By: - 4th January 2013 at 10:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Air Marshal, second from left, isn't Sir Arthur Coningham, is it?
By: - 4th January 2013 at 10:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
This site may help ?
By: - 4th January 2013 at 11:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks for the suggestions but nothing I can confirm.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 01:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Could the officer on the left be the Duke of Kent?
The present Duke's father was in the RAF and died during WW2.
mmitch.
The medal cluster doesn't look right for the Duke of Kent...
By: - 5th January 2013 at 08:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I suppose a date for the LIFE photo file would help?
Then a check of the senior officer list for that year.
mmitch.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 14:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Suggest the Air Chief Marshal is ACM Sir Philip Joubert (AOC-in-C Coastal Command) & the Air Commodore is Air Cdre I T Lloyd (AOC 16 Group).
Bill
By: - 5th January 2013 at 14:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks. May I suggest you do a "left to right" or "right to left" for those of us that are not familiar with ranks.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 14:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Joubert (if it is him) is an Air Marshal (not ACM) & is second from the left. Lloyd is far right.
Bill
By: - 5th January 2013 at 14:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
(L-R) Air Vice Marshal, Air Marshall, Air Vice Marshal, Air Commodore.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 16:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think the one on the left is Sir Charles Portal.
In April 1940 he was C-in-C Bomber Command and later that year (October 1940) Chief of the Air Staff where he remained for the duration of the war.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 21:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I am most probably totally wrong, but my guess is, L-R;
The Lord Charles Portal, John Slessor, Sholto Douglas and David J Waghorn (or I.T. Lloyd).
I believe this photo was part of the PR in the runup to D-Day 1944.
But then again:confused:
By: - 5th January 2013 at 21:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sorry but I doubt that the LH officer is Portal he was already an ACM in 1940...unless the photo is earlier date than previously thought !
rgds baz
By: - 5th January 2013 at 21:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I agree with Ballykelly that the AM is indeed Joubert as AOC in C coastal
from Rafweb...
AM: 1 Jul 1936, (T) ACM: 1 Jul 1941?, ACM: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Jul 1941]
So picture presumably dated pre July 1941
By: - 5th January 2013 at 22:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I do not think Sir Charles Portal is in this picture.
Second left is Philip Joubert and I T Lloyd is far right.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 22:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think that the AVM on the left is Air Vice Marshal Geoffrey BROMET (AOC 19 Group)
Some info about Coastal Command here...
So I think it is (from Left)
AVM Bromet,AM Joubert, ??, AC IT Lloyd
rgds baz
By: - 5th January 2013 at 22:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
hi all first post so be kind........
i believe that the air vice marshal second from the right is Leonard Slatter, if you look at his medals he has the KBE, DSC and DFC the same as Sir Leonard.
By: - 5th January 2013 at 23:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Looking at the medals, the AM second left is Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté
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By: David Layne - 3rd January 2013 at 17:08
I would be grateful if someone can identify the high ranking officers in this photograph from LIFE magazine