AIR COMMAMD CHANGES
RUGBY, January 8. The Air Ministry announces that Air Marshal Sir John Slessor has been appointed deputy to General Ira C. Eaker, Air Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, where he will command all R.A.P. units under General Eaker.
The appointment of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, formerly Air Commander in the Middle East, as Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Command, R.A.F., is also announced. Air Marshal Slessor has commanded the Coastal Command since November, 1942.—8.0.W,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 7, 10 January 1944, Page 3
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