ALLIED AIR COMMAND
GENERAL EAKER’S DEPUTY Rugby, Jan. 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.F. units under General Eaker. The appointment of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, formerly air commander in the Middle East, as Com-mander-in-Chief, Coastal Command, R.A.F., is also announced. Air Marshal Slessor has commanded the Coastal Command since November, 1942.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 January 1944, Page 5
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78ALLIED AIR COMMAND Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 January 1944, Page 5
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