Presumably "Air Ministry" at that point would be civilian (more of a business / industry development / research department on the lines of NACA) - but they would have to draw on military crew to fly it. Also interesting is that USA crew were on exchanges in the UK - for instance this USA naval officer who was on that first transatlantic crossing of the R34
USS Shenandoah
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