The Naval Air Organisation and Training Division was a staff division of the

Admiralty Naval Staff The Admiralty Naval Staff was the former senior command, operational planning, policy and strategy department within the British Admiralty. It was established in 1917 and existed until 1964 when the department of the Admiralty was abolished. It was ...

established in July 1944 It continued to operate until 1961 when it was deactivated. The staff division was administered by the Director Air Organisation and Training who reported both to the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff and the Fifth Sea Lord as Chief of Naval Aviation.

History

The division started out as a specialist section with the Naval Air Warfare Division in April 1940 administered by, Acting-Commander R. S. Palairet until July 1944 when the Naval Air Organisation and Training Division established as an independent staff division, command then passed to the incoming Director Naval Air Organisation and Training Captain K. S. Colquhoun. It was in operation as part of the Admiralty Naval Staff until 1961. The division was under the ''Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff'' in regards to policy and organisation and ''Fifth Sea Lord'' who was responsible for supervising the division until December 1961.

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N Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1961 {{UK-navy-stub