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AUGUST 30, 1923 THE ROYAL — ••. London Gazette, August 24, 1923 General Duties Branch g| The following are granted short service coramns. iu the ranks stated with effect from, and with seny. of, the dates indicated :— Flying Officer.—D. S. Cairnes (Capt., Rifle Bde.) ; Aug, 8, seven years on the active list. Pilot Officer on Probation.—A. H. D. Livock ; Aug. 13, five years on the active list. The following Pilot Officers are confirmed in rank :—R. T. Halliwell, C.F. Roupell; July 1. Flying Offr. F. A. Giles to take rank and precedence as if his appt. bore date Aug. 1, 1919, immediately following Flying Ofir. S. J. Smetham (reduction to take effect from Aug. 16). Flying Ofir. G. P. W. Chandler is transfd. to Reserve, Class A ; Aug. 23. Flying Ofir. K. C. Kodgers, M.C., D.C.M., is transfd. to Reserve, Class B ; Dec. 9, 1922 (substituted for Gazette, Dec. 8, 1922). Flight Lieut, H. H. Balfour, M.C., resigns his perm, commn. and is permitted to retain rank of Capt. ; Aug. 22. Stores Branch Flying Offr. E. J. Leech resigns his short service commn.; Aug. 22. AIR. FORCE Medical Branch F. K. Wilson, M.B., is granted a short service commit, as Flying Ofir. with effect from, and with seny. of, Aug. 8, and is seed, for duty at Bristol Royal Infirmary. 134804 Sgt.-Major W. King is granted a permanent commit, as Medical Q.M. and Flying Ofir. ; Aug. 9. Reserve of Air Force Officers Class A.—The following are granted commits, on probation in the r.mkb stated in the General Dirties Branch :— Flying Officers.—J. C. Houston, M.C, ; Aug. 111. F. C. H. Clarke, H. C. Cooke, H. IX Davis, A.F.C., H. E. Duncan, C. H. Howill, P. T. Hubbard ; Aug. 21. Pilot Officers.—W. A. Hammerton, S. S. Rackowc ; Aug. "Zl. Memorandum Lieut. R. A. Dcnne is granted permission to retain rank of Capt. on retirement from the Army. The permission granted to Lieut. H. V. Nortliam to retain his rank is withdrawn on his joining the Territorial Army. ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Forceare notified : — General Duties Branch Air Commodores: E. R. Ludlow-Hewitt, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on relinquishment of appointment as Air Secretary. 17.8.23. C. A. H. Longcroft, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, supernumerary pending disposal. 15.8.23. Wing Commander R. B. Ward, A.F.C., to Headquarters, Coastal Area. 13.8.23, for Air Staff duties. Group Captain I. T. Courtney, C.B.E., to Headquarters, Inland Area, for technical staff duties. 18.8.23. Squadron Leaders : V. Gaskell-Blackburn, D.S.C., A.F.C., to No. 207 Sqdn., Constantinople. 24.7.23. R. E. Saul, D.F.C., to Basrah Group Headquarters, Iraq. 18.7.23. F. Sowrey, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., to Head- quarters, Iraq. 7.7.23. T. F. Hazell, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot (non-effective pool). 22.7.23, on transfer to Home Estab. J. K. Wells, A.F.C., to No. 24 Sqdn., Kenley. 1.9.23. Flight Lieutenants : W. J. Dew, M.B.E., to Headquarters, Inland Area. 1.8.23. J. F. Lawson, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge. 1.9.23. R. S. Lucy, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge (non-effective Pool), on transfer to Home Estab. 8.7.23. A. L. Neale, M.C., to Electrical and Wireless School, Flowerdown. 1.9.23. A. W. Symington, M.C., to No. 1 School of Technical Training (Boys), Halton. 20,8.23. A. Rowan, to School of Army Co- operation, Old Sarum. 1.9.23, for course of instruction. Flying Officers: A. G. Thackray, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot. 28.7.23. A. Hesketh, D.F.C., to School of Naval Co-operation, Lee-on-Solent. 20.7.23. J. B. H. Rogers, to No. 7 Sqdn., Bircham Newton. 8.8.23. D. S. Cairues. to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on appointment to a short service commission. 8.8.23. D. D'A. A. Greig, D.F.C., to No. 24 Sqdn., Kenley. 1.9.23. E. S. Moulton-Barrett, to No. 267 Sqdu., Malta. 11.7.23. D. Maclarcn, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge (non-effective Pool), on transfer to Home Estab. 18.6.23. W. Sanderson, to Aden Flight, Middle East. 11.7.23. Pilot Officers : L. G. A. Kirchner, to School of Naval Co-operation, Lee-on Solent. 28.7.23. G. C. B. Bernard-Smith, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge (non-effective Pool), on transfer to Home Estab. 25.7.23. R. Collins, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot. 28.7.23. H. II. Kenyon, to No. 2 Flying Training School, Duxford. 10.8.23. A. H. D. Livock, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on appointment to short service commission. 13.8.23. Medical Branch Wing Commanders : W. Tyrrell.D.S.O., M.C., M.B., D.P.H., to Headquarters, Palestine Command. 28.^7.23. A. S. Glynn, to Basrah Combined Hospital, Iraq. 28.7.23. Squadron Leader J. Rothwell, M.B., to Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow. 13.8.23. Flight Lieutenants : D. LeBas, to Baghdad Combined Hospital, Iraq. 7.7.23. J. C. T. Fiddes, M.B., to Baghdad Combined Hospital, Iraq. 8.7.23. T. F. Gallagher, to School of Technical Training (Men), Manston. 13.8.23. H. H. R. Bayley, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge. 13.8.23. J. J. Walsh, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge. 10.8.23. Flying Officers : J. B. Gregor, to R.A.F. Hospital, Cranweli. 12.8.23. C. V. D. Rose, to R.A.F. pepot, Uxbridgc. 18.8.23. LONDON TERMINAL AERODROME Monday evening, August 27, 1923 FURTHER new developments on the various air-lines are fore-shadowed this week. Owing to the amount of traffic on the London-Berlin route, the Daimler Airway have obtainedpermission to run an extra machine between London and Berlin each week, and the time-table is rearranged to fit this in.As from today the Daimler machines will run through to Berlin each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the returnthrough service from Berlin to London being on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. There is, of course, the connectionwith the German machine on other days, but owing to the irregular running of the German " air expresses " these areby no means reliable, and there is a general inclination on the part of all passengers to travel by the through machines.Another development which the Daimler Airway are con- templating is the divergence of their London-Manchestermachines so that they serve Norwich each way. It is sug- gested that Messrs. Boulton and Paul's aerodrome will beused for this service, and, owing to the poor train connections between Lancashire and East Anglia—the journey takingsomething like eight hours—there is every hope that con- siderable traffic will result, especially between Manchester andNorwich. Aeroplane " Specials " to Cologne SEVERAL " air specials " have been running to Cologneduring the week—principally, it is understood, with con- signments of German marks. Some of these have come byspecial Fokker monoplane from Amsterdam to London, thence on to Cologne. The Instone Air Line have engaged theSurrey Flying Services D.H.9, and Lieut.-Col, Henderson -has been the pilot, invariably doing the double trip in thesame day. The Air Union startled the airway world with the announce-ment that they have cut their Paris fare from £6 6s. to £4 10s. For some considerable time past the fare from Paris toLondon, at 300 francs, has been appreciably less, owing to the rate of exchange, than the fare from London to Paris, and the reduction to £4 10s. will make this more equal. HandleyPage Transport, however, have no intention to cut their fare from £% 6s., as they can get all the passengers they require tofill their machines at the £6 (is. fare. The Paris fare has always been high compared with the fares to Brussels, Cologne,Amsterdam and Berlin, but as there are plenty of passengers on this route there has been no need to reduce the fare in orderto attract traffic, as has been the case on the other lines. During the week, one of the Air Union " Goliaths " landingfrom north to south, came in too close to the Aircraft Disposals Company, and caught the fence with its wing-tip. Thisswung the machine round, and it crashed into one of the searchlights, badly damaging both the machine and thesearchlight shed. Fortunately, the machine had no pas- sengers on board, and its-pilot and mechanic were unhurt, andno damage was done to the goods contained in the machine. On Saturday another " Goliath " was seen coming into theaerodrome from the south-east with one engine stopped. It was remarkable how this machine maintained its height withonly one engine, and its pilot made a very pretty landing. Talking to Mr. Vanderhoop, the Dutch pilot who is toattempt to fly from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, he informs me that two previous schemes had been put up forthis flight, but had to be abandoned owing to the opposition of the British Government to the machines flying acrossMesopotamia. It is hoped, however, that this opposition will by now have been removed, and that he will be able to makethe flight next year. He proposes to use one of the new type eight-seater Fokkers, with a Rolls-Royce engine, and willcarry sufficient petrol for a ten hours' flight. The longest stretch without landing will be after he leaves India down thechain of islands to the Dutch East Indies, where there is a distance of about 1,200 kilometres without landing ground,equal to approximately eight hours' flying. He would be pleased if anyone in England who knows any particulars aboutthe aerodromes, petrol supplies, etc., on this route, would communicate with him c/o The K.L.M., at,.the LondonTerminal Aeiodiome. 523
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