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FEBRUARY 7, 1924 THE ROYAL London Gazette, January 29, 1924 General Duties Branch V. Harris is granted a permanent commn. as a Pilot Offr., with effect from (Jan. 14), and with seny. of July 14, 1922. The following are granted short service commns. in ranks stated, with effect from, and with seny. of, Jan. 14 : — Flying Offrs. (for Seven Years on the Active List).—L. S. Hamilton (Capt., Indian Army, retd.) ; A. B. Smith, M.C. (Capt.Indian Army, retd.). Pilot Offrs. on Probation for Five Years on Active List).—L. W. C. Annable, E. C. Boucher R. W. E. Bryant, S. E. Bulloch, J. E. Clayton, R. K. Coupland, P. Cranswick, M.C., H. T. R. Cripps, E. H. Fielden, T. H. Finney, L. R, Gladwin-Errington, G. D. Green, P. P. Grey, G. S. Hall, A. F. Hutton. G. W. P. Irwin, G. H. Jennings-Bramly, A. J. McKellar, J. C. Marcy, D. W. J. Meagher, F. W. Moxham, I, F. Nicholas, P. E. Nicholl, E. H. L. Pellew, D. Robinson, G. W. R. Russell, A. E. P. Smith, V. W. Soltau, C. F. Steventon, J. Summers, W. A. Tattersall, G. D. Venables, F. F. Wilkinson, and J. F. Young. Flight Lieut. F. G. C. Weare, M.C., resigns his permanent commn., and is permitted to retain his rank ; Jan. 20. Flight Lieut. M. H. Coote is placed on half pay, Scale B ; Jan. 1. A1K FCTRCEffi Stores liranch. Flight Lieut. A. R. Thomas is restored to full pav from half-pay ; Nov. 21, 1923 (substituted for Gazette, Nov. 30> 1923). Medical Branch Flight Lieut. C. T. O'Neill, O.B.E., M.B., is granted the acting rank of Squadron Leader from Oct. 21, 1922, to Sept. 26,1923, inclusive. Reserve of Air Force Officers The following are granted commns. in Class A, General Duties Branch, as Pilot Offrs. on probation (Jan. 29) :—J. A. A. Barber, E. C. Brown. Flying Offr. L. Rimmer, M.M., is confirmed in rank ; Jan. 12. Observer Offr. H. Wisnekovvitz, M.C., is transferred from Class B to Class C ; Aug. 20, 1923. Flying Offr. R. V. Nalder relinquishes his coinuin. on account of ill-health, and is permitted to retain his rank ; Jan. 30. Memorandum. ivi cmuraHuitrn. The temp, commn. of Pilot Offr. C. G. Osborne is terminated on cessation of duty ; Oct. 20, 1923. ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the R.A.F. are notified:— General Duties Branch Air Commodores : T. I. Webb-Bowen, C.B., C.M.G., to Inland Area to command. 10.3.24. L. E. O. Charlton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., to No. 3 Group, Spittlegate, to command. 7,3:24. C. L. Lambe, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., to R.A.F., Haltou, to command. 28.2.24. F. C. Halahan, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., to Air Ministry (Dept. of Air Member for Supply and Research). 1.4.24. C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., to No. 1 Group, Kenley, to command. 26.2.24. E. L. Gcrrard, C.M.G., D.S.O., to Palestine Command, to command. 1.4.24. Squadron Leaders : S. R. Watkius, A.F.C., to H.Q., Coastal Area. 1.2.24. H. I. Hanmer, D.F.C., to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Haltoii. 11.2.24. A. W. C. V. Parr, to Supt. of Reserves, Northolt. 11.2.24. L. H. Slattcr, O.B.E., D.S.C., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Base, Malta. 26.1.24. H. V. C. de Crespigny, M.C., D.F.C., to Sch. of Tech. Training (Men), Manston. 17.2.24. C. R. Cox, A.F.C., to Air Ministry. 11.2.24. C. W. Nutting, O.B.E., D.S.C., to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. F. H. Unwin, O.B.E., to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. Flight Lieutentants : H. A. J. Wilson, O.B.E., to H.Q., Mediterranean. 23.12.23. F. Thomasson, D.F.C., M.M., to No. 2 Flying Training Sch., Duxford. 19.1.24. A. P. V. Daly, to R.A.F. Depot (non-effective pool), on transfer to Home Estab. 30.12.23. L. A. K. Butt, to Armament and Gunnery Sch., Eastchurch, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. E. H. Hooper, to R.A.F. Depot, pending disposal on transfer to Home Estab. 30.12.23. T. L. G. Pynches, to Aeroplane Experimental E-stab., Martlesham Heath. 7.2.24. L. G. Le B. Croke, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport. 28.1.24. C. E. V. Porter, R. Harrison, D.F.C., and J. Lawson, al! to K.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. R. T. B. Houghton, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 30.12.23. F. W. Trott, O.B.E., M.C., to No. 24 Sqdn., Kenley. 4.2.24. E. A. Fawcus, to No. 1 Sell, of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton. 1.2.24. J. B. P. Angel, to Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow. 6.2.24. R. S. Sorley, D.S.C., D.F.C, and S. D. Culley, D.S.O., both to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. H. N. Hampton, D.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 23.12.23. Flying Officers : W. Sanderson, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, pending disposal on transfer to Home Estab. 8.1.24. H. F. Luck, J. A. Stedman, C. D., Robertson, M.M., P. W. Adams, and T. J. Shaw, all to R.A.F. Depot (non effective pool), on transfer to Home Estab. 30.12.23. M. H. Aten, D.F.C., to No. 12 Sqdn., Northolt, on transfer to Home Estab. 23.12.23. T. W. Shortridgc, to Sch. of Army Co-operation, Old Saturn, on transfer to Home Estab. 23.12.23. M. J. Du Cray, to R.A.F. Depot, on appointment to a short service commn. 23.1.24. j! C. Stevens, to R.A.F. Base, Malta (No. 481 Flight). 23.12.23. G. N. Coward, to No. 1 Living Training Sch., Netheravon. 14.1.24. M. W. Nolan, to Sch. of Tech. Training (Men),-Mansion. 4.2.24. J. R. Bell, D.F.C., J. Duncan, and R. Menzics, all to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. W. G. Kentfield, J. C. Dunbar, H. H. S. Scott, D.S.M., and G. W. Birkinshaw, all to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 30.12.23. A. E. Woodbridge, B. T. Hood, E. H. Rundle, E. H. Searle, and F. R. Eason, all to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estab. 10.1.24. <8> <$> FORMATION OF HOME DEFENCE AREA CONCERNING the appointments to new commands of six air commodores, which are believed to foreshadow the formation of a Home Defence Area planned on a much larger scale than the existing Inland Area, The Times, on February 5, said :— The new commands must be taken in conjunction with the recent announcement that Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O., the Air officer commanding the Iraq command, is coming home in April, and that Air Vice-Marshal J. F. A. Higgins, C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C., the Air officer at present commanding the Inland Area, is leaving this month for Iraq, to take over Sir John Salmond's command. It is generally understood that Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond, after a period of leave, will assume an important position in connection with home defence, the command of which will in that case be raised to Air-Marshal's rank. The fact, therefore, that Air Vice-Marshal Higgins is to be succeeded, as shown by the new appointments, by an officer of air commodore rank is interesting. It points to the inclusion of the Inland Area as part of the wider home defence scheme. The new commander of the Inland Area, who begins his duties in March, is Air Commodore T. I. Webb-Bowen, C.B., C.M.G., who has seen much service in France and Italy, and was afterwards in command in India. He was succeeded by Air Vice-Marshal Game, CB., D.S.O., who came home last year and is now Air Member for Personnel, another important post at the present juncture in the development of the Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Webb-Bowen now holds the command of No. 3 Group of the Inland Area, and will be succeeded in his present post by Air Commodore L. E. O. Charlton, C.B , C.M.G., D.S.O., who went out with the original R.F.C. squadrons with the Expeditionary Force as a flight commander. He holds a D.S.O won in the South African War, has been mentioned in dispatches eight times, and acted as our first Air Attache at Washington. Another appointment which reflects the increasing import ance of the Roval Air Force in the defences of the Empire is that of Air Commodore E. L. Gerrard, C.M.G., D.S.O., to the Palestine command from April 1, for it means that an Air officer will now be in full command of all the troops in that area. At present Major-General Sir Henry H. Tudor holds the command, and is seconded by the War Office to the Colonial Office for duty as G.O.C. the Forces in Palestine and Trans- iordaniaand as Director of Public Security. In the former capacity he is^under the ^orders of the Air Ministry, who are responsible to the Colonial Office for the military control of this area. In order to occupy that position he was given the temporary Royal Air Force rank of Air Vice-Marshal, and the command will now revert to an Air officer as part of the policy of controlling an area by means of an air force instead of the more costly maintenance of garrisons of ground troops. Air Commodore C. L. Lambe, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., who will take over the command at Halton, the large aircraft mechanics' training centre of the R.A.F., at the end of the month, is a former naval officer. He earned the D.S.O. for his work in the operations of the R.N. A.S. off the Belgian coast, and was mentioned for the part he took in the operations at Ostend in August, 1918. Air Commodore C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., who will succeed Air Commodore Gerrard in command of No. 1 Group, Kenley, is another former R.N.A.S. officer with a distinguished career. He has held air commands in the Mediterranean, and will be remem bered for the air reconnaissances and bombing raids he carried out during September and October, 1914, with the early British aeroplanes, and for his enterprise and ability in the operations which led to the recapture of Lille within the first month of the War. The last appointment, that of Air Commodore F. C. Halahan, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., to the Department of the Air Member for Supply and Research of the Air Ministry, is the most interesting of all, in view of the recent announce ment that the position of Director of Research is to be divided in April into two directorates—one of Technical Development and the other of Scientific Research. Air Commodore Halahan has seen service in the Navy, and went to France with the R.N.A.S. in 1916, being subsequently in command of No. 5 Group, Dunkirk. He has had much experience in the Aeronautical Inspection Department, and is at present super numerary on special duty with the Coastal Area. The fact that his attachment to the Supply and Research Department on April 1 coincides with the date of the creation of the new directorates, and that it has already been announced that the post of Technical Development Director is to be a military appointment held by a senior officer, leaves little doubt in the Service as to who will hold the new post. 81
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