Wartime Commander in Chiefs of Bomber Command

 

1937-1940

Air Chief Marshall Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt GCB, GBE, CMG, DSO, MC

1940

Air Marshall Sir Charles Portal, KG, GCB, OM, DSO, MC

1940-1942

Air Marshal Sir Richard E.C. Peirse KCB, DSO, AFC

1942

Air Vice-Marshal J.E.A. Baldwin KBE, CB, DSO, DL

Acting C-in-C until successor was found to replace Peirse

1942-1945

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris GCB, OBE, AFC