of factories. Joint Production Committees were set up in each factory to aid an exchange of views between management and workers, with Cripps making over five hundred visits to factories in order to meet staff. Cripps left the Ministry on 23 May 1945 when the wartime coalition ended. Post-war dissolution In May 1945 Ernest Brown, leader of the National Liberals was appointed the final Minister of Aircraft Production. In August 1945 the Ministry was abolished and a minister with responsibility for both aircraft production and the Ministry of Supply was appointed and the Ministry of Aircraft Production was fully merged into the Ministry of Supply on 1 April 1946. Ministers of Aircraft Production, 1940–1945 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (14 May 1940 – 1 May 1941) John Moore-Brabazon (1 May 1941 – 22 February 1942) John Llewellin (22 February – 22 November 1942) Sir Stafford Cripps (22 November 1942 – 25 May 1945) Ernest Brown (25 May – 26 July 1945) See also Churchill War Ministry Coalition Government 1940–1945 References Notes General references External links Lord Beaverbrook, a Week at the Office – About MAP creation in 1940 Aircraft Production Ministries established in 1940 1940 establishments in the United Kingdom 1946 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom Military logistics of World War II Aviation in the United Kingdom