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JUNE 12, 1924 $EI ROYAL AIK FORTEQI London Gazette, June 3, 1924 Generai Duties Branch. G. H. Bennett is granted short service commn. as Flying Offr., with effect from, and with seny. of May 23. The following Pilot Offrs, are promoted to rank of Flying Offr. (June 2) :—W. J. E. Rodwell, J. M. Darroch, and E. C. Roark. Flying Offr. C. B. B. Maturin resigns his permanent commission (June 4). The short-service commn, of Pilot Offr. on probation V. M. Callen is terminated on cessation of duty (June 1). Medical Branch, R. T. F. Grace, M.B., is granted a short-service commn. as Flying Offr., with effect from and with seny. of May 19 ; F. S. S. Whiter (temp. Lt., Dental Surg., General List Army) is granted temp, commn. as Flying Offr. on attach, to R.A.F. (May 23). He will continue to receive emoluments from Army funds. Reserve of Air Force Officers. H. S. Robertson is granted a commn. in Class A, General Duties Branch, as a Flying Offr. on probation (June 3); H. P. Bridges is granted a commn. in Class B. Stores Branch, as Flight Lt. (June 3). The commn. of Pilot Offr. on probation T. J. James is terminated on cessa tion of duty (April 11). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Flight Lieutenants : D. K. Cameron, to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars 26 5 24 W. G. Preston, D.F.C., to H.M.S. " Eagle." 26.5.24. Flying Officers: H. R. B. Howell, to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars. 10.6 24. G. McClintock, to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars. 4.6.24. A. C. Tremellen, to Central Flying Sen., Upavon. 30.5,24. Pilot Officer B. J. Finn, to No. 3 Sqdn., Upavon. 4.6.24. Stores Branch Flight Lieutenant N. Robertson, to No. 1 Stores Depot, Kidbrooke. 6.6.24. Flying Officers: R. T. Rich, to No. 19 Sqdn., Duxford. 11.6.24. B. L. Blofeld (Accountant), to No. 29 Sqdn., Duxford. 16.6.24. Pilot Officer R. G. A. Vallance, to No. 1 Stores Depot, Kidbrooke, on appoint ment to a Permanent Commn. for course of instruction in storekeeping. 19.5.24. Medical Branch Flying Officers : F. W. G. Smith, M.B., B.A., to R.A.F. Depot. 3.6.24. A. A. Townsend, M.B., to Research Lab. and Medical Officers' School of Instruction, Hampsteau, for short course. 27.5.24. s H H H IN PARLIAMENT R.A.F. Motor Vehicles BRIGADIER-GENERAL MAKINS, on June 5, asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of light cars, ambulances and motor vehicles generally, other than commercial cars and lorries under the control of his Department, both at home and abroad, in all the theatres of war at the date of the Armistice, and the number of such light cars, etc., now in the possession of the Air Ministry ? Mr. Leach : the Particulars are as follow :— Number Number possessed in now Type of vehicle. November, 1918. possessed. Ambulances .. .. .. .. .. 297 141 Motor-cycles 1,922 225 Motor-cycles with sidecars .. .. 2,622 399 Touring cars, etc. .. .. .. .. 1,466 277 R.A.F. Flying Risks LIEUT-COLONEL MOORE-BRABAZOS, on June 6, asked the Under- Secretary of State for Air if he will state what proportion of the salaries of the officials employed in the directorate of research is supposed to be com pensation for flying risks ; whether officers in this directorate have been instructed by their superior officers not to undertake flying duties because such risks are not covered ; and whether he will cause an investigation to be made as to the stipulation that flying duties shall be undertaken in the normal course of duties, seeing that the pay of these technical officers is very much lower than that of flying officers in the Royal Air Force ? Mr. Leach : In answer to the first part of the question, the salaries of the officials referred to are not divisible into proportions corresponding to the flying and the non-flying parts of their duties, but represent the fair remunera tion for their work as a whole, including flying risks. In answer to the second part, I have no information that any such instruction has been given, and cannot in any case admit the soundness of the reason alleged for it, since, as I informed the hon. and gallant member on April 15 last, the risk is in fact covered. In answer to the last part of the question, the stipulation referred to, as I stated in the same reply, is contained in the officers' contracts of Service, and I do not understand, therefore, what there would be to investigate. Many of them are paid at a higher rate than flying officers of the Air Force. Officers' Pay SIR C. YATES asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he can state the calculations on which the reduction of 27£ per cent, of the variable 20 per cent, of the pay of officers of the Royal Air Force is based, showing how the amount is arrived at and what items have been taken into consideration ? Mr. Leach ; The reduction of 27+ per cent, upon the variable 20 per cent, of the pay represents the fall that has taken place in the cost of living since July, 1919. In that month the cost of living was approximately 107^ per cent, above that for July, 1914 ; the corresponding average figure for the six months preceding March, 1924, was 77 per cent., which shows that the cost of living has fallen 30| points on I07i, or more than 27J points on 100. As regards the items taken into consideration, I would refer the hon. and gallant member to the replies given to him by my hon. friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty on May 14 and my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for War on May 13. B E H H THE FOKKER T-III MONOPLANE: The machine shown above is a three-seater low-wing cantilever monoplane, which is fitted with either a 450 h.p. Napier " Lion " or a 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Eagle." Several af this type have been—or are being—constructed for the Portuguese Government, and it was the type of machine vhich Admiral Continho and Commdr. Sacadura Cabral selected for their world-flight. If required, the wheels may be replaced by two floats. Its span is 69 ft. 6 ins.; overall length, 42 ft. 6 ins.; wing area, 775 sq. ft.; and speed 111-6 m.p.h.
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