English: The Air Council assembled in the foyer of Adastral House, London, on the occasion of a visit by Field Marshal Smuts.

Left to right, (seated):

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Coastal Command
• Lord Sherwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air (Lords)
• Captain J D Smuts
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F A Portal, Chief of the Air Staff
• Field Marshal the Rt Hon J C Smuts, Premier of South Africa
• The Rt Hon Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air
• Mr S F Waterson, High Commissioner for South Africa
• Captain the Rt Hon H H Balfour, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air (Commons)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher L Courtney, Air Member for Supply and Organisation
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Fighter Command

Left to right, (standing):

• Air Marshal A G R Garrod, Air Member for Training
• Air Marshal Sir John T Babington, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Technical Training Command
• Sir Harold G Howitt, an Additional Member of the Air Council
• Air Marshal F J Linnell, Controller of Research and Development in the Ministry of Aircraft Production
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar R Ludlow-Hewitt, an Inspector General of the RAF
• Sir Arthur Street, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Air
• Air Marshal P Babington, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Flying Training Command
• Air Marshal D G Donald, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command
• Air Marshal Sir Bertine E Sutton, Air Member for Personnel
• Air Marshal Sir Arthur S Barratt, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Co-operation Command
• Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage, Air Officer Commanding, Balloon Command
• Air Vice Marshal C E H Medhurst, Vice Chief of the Air Staff.