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Substitution Officers, Air Ministry.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Hydref 1939.

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asked the Secretary of State for Air whether retired officers of the Royal Air Force who, before the outbreak of war, were being employed at the Air Ministry as substitution officers in the place of officers on the active list, will now be placed on the active list like officers who have been recalled since the outbreak of war?

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