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JANUARY 29, 1915. THE BRITISH AIR SERVICES. l/OsED UNDER this heading are published each week the official announce ments of appointments and promotions affecting the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps Military Wing) and Central Flying School. These notices are not duplicated. By -way oj instance, when an appointment to the Royal Naval Air Service is announced by the Admiralty it is published forthwith, but subse quently, when it appears in the LONDON GAZETTE, it is not repeated in this column. Royal Naval Ait Service. THE.following was announced by the Admiraliyon 22nd met, s— Mr. B. H. Mulock has been entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, for temporary service, and appointed to the "Pembroke III," for course of instruction at Eastchurch Naval Air Station, with seniority Jan. 20th. The following was announced by the Admiralty on 26th inst. :— Temporary Lieut. M. J. James, transferred to Royal Naval Air Service as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, and appointed to the " Pembroke III." To date Jan. 24th. Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). THE following appeared in the supplement to the London Gazette issued on Jan. 20th :— Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Lieut. James Valentine to be temporary Captain. Daied Oct. 1st, 1914. The following appeared in the supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 21st inst. :— The undermentioned temporary appointment is made :— Squadron Commander : Capl. Duncan Le G. Pitcher, 39th King George's Own Central India Horse, Indian Army, from an Instructor, Central Flying School, and to be temporary Major. Dated Jan. 22nd, 1915. Capt. Herbert R. P. Reynolds, Royal Engineers, employed with the Military Wing, Royal Flying Corps, to be Brevet Major. Dated Oct. 30th, 1914. The following appeared in the London Gazette issued on 22nd inst.: The undermentioned appointment is made :— Flying Officer: Second Lieut. Clifford A. Hooper, Special Reserve. Dated Dec. 18th, 1914. Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Sec. Lieut, (on probation) Malcolm McB. Bell-Irving is confirmed in his rank. The undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants (on probation); ® ® The Farnborough Fatality. AT the inquest held at Farnborough to enquire into the death of Lieut. N. L. Gardner, no further light was thrown on the cause of the accident, although it was stated that death was due to the fall and not to burns. dated Jan. 15th, 1915: Ralph Christopher Freeman and Melville Richard Howell Agnew Allen. The appointment of Second Lieut, (on probation) Alfred Huggins is antedated to Dec. 2nd, 1914. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 23rd inst. :— The undermentioned appointment to be made:— Flying Officer: Second Lieut. John T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Special Reserve. Dated Dec. ami, 1914. The following appeared in the supplement to the Ijrndon Gazette issued on the 25th inst.:— The undermentioned Warrant Officer to be Second Lieutenant for service in the field : Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery.—Sergt.-Major Norman Goldsmith, from the Royal Flying Corps, and is seconded for service with that unit instead of as notified in the Lontion Gazette of Jan. 4ih, 1915. Dated Dec. 3rd, 1914. The following appeared in the London Gazette on 26th inst. ;— The undermentioned appointments are made : Flying Officers to be Flight Commanders; dated Jan. 15th, 1915 : Lieut. R. O. Abercromby, the Gordon Highlanders, and to be temporary Captain ; Lieut. W. G. S. Mitchell, the Highland Light Infantry, and to be temporary Captain ; and Capt. J. R. C. Heath- cote, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Flying Officer : Capt. T. W. C. Carthew, 4th Batt. the Bedford shire Rtgt., and to be seconded. Dated Jan. 1st, 1915. Second Lieut, (on probation) George C. N. Nicholson is con firmed in his rank. 1 he following appeared in the supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 27th inst. :— The undermentioned appointment is made : Flying Officer : Second Lieut. Harold Blackburn, Special Reserve. Dated Aug. 29th, 1914. Central1 Flying School. The following appeared in the supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 27th inst. :— The undermentioned appointment is made : Instructor: Lieut, (temporary Capt.) H. Le M. Brock, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, a flight commander, Military Wing, vice Capt. D. Le G. Pitcher, 39th King George's Own Central India Horse, Indian Army. Dated Jan. 22nd, 1915. ® ® According to the evidence, the machine was flying perfectly at a height of about 200 ft. Then it com menced to plane down normally, but when about 100 ft. up, the machine suddenly dived almost vertically. On contact with the ground the engine was thrown forward on to the petrol tank and the wreck burst into flames. How our country can be photographed from above. Landing on the coast with a balloon. Consul Stollwerck just after anchoring his balloon near Newhaven after a trip during a past summer. 73 C 2
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