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Photograph of the Air Council in session at the Air Ministry in July 1940. The source (see below) provided the following details: Seated left to right are:

Air Marshal A G R Garrod - Air Member for Training
Sir Harold Howitt - Additional Member
Air Marshal Air Christopher Courtney - AMSO
Air Marshal E L Gossage - AMP
Captain H H Balfour - US of S for Air
The Rt Hon Sir Archibald Sinclair - Secretary of State for Air
Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall - CAS
Sir Arthur Street - PUS
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman - Air Member for Development and Production
Sir Charles Craven - Civil Member for Development and Production
Mr H R Melville - Private Secretary to S of S
Flight Lieutenant W W Wakefield MP - Parliamentary Private Secretary

Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (VCAS) was not present when the photograph was taken.

The photograph was scanned from Probert, H. (1991). High Commanders of the Royal Air Force. HMSO. ISBN 0-11-772635-4. The entire book, including its photographs, was issued under Crown Copyright. Although copyright for the book is dated at 1991, the Crown Copyright on the photographs starts from the date when they were taken. As this photograph is more than 50 years old it is now in the public domain.

This work is in the public domain worldwide. This is because either:

It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It is an engraving or photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published more than 50 years ago; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving which was created by the United Kingdom Government more than 50 years ago.

See Copyright, Crown copyright artistic works and HMSO Email Reply.

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current	21:42, 17 December 2006	1,453×1,140 (524 KB)	Greenshed (Talk \| contribs)	(Photograph of the Air Council in session at the Air Ministry in July 1940. The source (see below) provided the following details: Seated left to right are: Air Marshal A G R Garrod - Air Member for Training Sir Harold Howitt - Additional Member)