Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 1 October 1941.
Mr George Garro-Jones
, Aberdeen North
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can make any announcement on the subject of Royal Air Force units serving with the Soviet Union; and, in particular, to what extent they have been placed under the Russian Command?
Sir Archibald Sinclair
, Caithness and Sutherland
A wing of the Royal Air Force has been operating in Russia for several weeks, and up to Saturday last had destroyed 12 enemy aircraft, with the loss of only one of our fighters. The force is operating under the general command of the Commander of the Russian Air Forces on the Northern Front.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
