London, Jan. 10, Air Marshal Arthur Sheridan Bar-raft, newly-appointed Commander-in-Chict of the British Air Forces in France, will not be subordinate to Viscount Gort, the Commander-in-Chief of British Field Forces, but will be directly responsible to Sir Cyril Newall, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force, it was authoritatively learned today.
Air Marshal Barratt, former Senior Air Staff Omicer in India, will assume hhis_new functions in the very near future, Air Marshal Barratts 43 years old and one of the youngest men ever to hold such a high posltion in the RAP.
Eucated at Clifton College, Woolwich and the Staff College, Camberley, he served through the Great War and. was decorated with the CING, ME, Croix de VOrdre de 10 Couronne, Croix de Guerre and was mentioned in despatches four times. After the War he became Chief Instructors, Royal Alr Force Staff Cole ego, Andover and in 1081 and 1032 cornlanded the No. 1 (Indian) Group fat Peshawar, Between 1032 and 1994 hho served as Senior Air Staff Ofcer with the R.A.P. in India and then returned to Britain to become Director of Staff Duties in the Air Ministry for a year. In 1980 he was appointed Commander of the RAF. Staif Col-Togo at Andover—Havas.
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