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JULY 3, 1924 Londion Gazette, June 17, 1924 General Duties Branch The follg. Flying Officers are granted honorary-rank of Flight I.t. (May 15) : —H. R. B. Howell and F. P. Smythies. Pilot Officer E. C. Roark is pro moted to rank of Flying Officer (June 9) substituted for Gazette, June 3, 1923). The follg. Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in rank (March 15) : —G. J. Southam and C. N. A. B. Mumby. Stores Branch Flying Officer F. M. Gingold is transferred to Accountant List for accountant duties (May 3), his name will be placed on gradation list immediately following that of Flying Officer L. de L. Leder ; Flight Lt. J. S. Browne, A.F.C., it transferred to Stores Branch on probation from General Duties Branch, with effect from and with seny. of May 28 (substituted for Gazette, May 27) ; Squad ron Leader E. Rivers-Smith, M.B.E., is transferred to Reserve, Class C (June 17). Medical Branch F. F. Anslow (temp. Lt. Dental Surgeon, General List, Araiv) is granted a temp, commn. as Flying Officer, on attachment to R.A.F. (May 28) (this officer will continue to receive emoluments from Army Funds) ; Squadron Leader H. B. Porteous, M.B., ceases to be seed, for duty with South African Air Force (June 3). Reserve of Air Force Officers The follg. are granted commns. on probation in General Duties Branch, in the ranks stated (June 17) :—Flying Officer.—F. E. Bridges. Pilot Officer.— G. H. Keat. The follg. officers are confirmed in rank, with effect from dates indicated :— Flying Officers.—C D. Barnard (Jan. 17) ; C. E. V. Graham, M.C. (Feb. 2) ; A. E. H. Roberts (May 15) ; C. G. Jenyns (Mav 16) ; C. E. Jessel (May 18) ; E. C. H. Clarke, J. W. Richards (May 23) ; J. F. A. Baker, C. D. Jennery (May 27) ; G. P. Olley, M.M. (June 4) ; L. D. G. Morrison, J. S. C. Robinson (June 11). Pilot Officers.—H. Preston (May 18) ; H. B. Hampson (May 23) ; D. C. Evemy (May 27). The commns, of the follg. officers on probation are terminated on cessation of duty, with effect from dates indicated :—Flying Officer.—F. W. Webster (May 9):. Pilot Officers.—W. H. Basker (May 7) ; J. A. Harveyson (May 4) ; C. L. Wilson (May 13). Erratum The notifications in Gazettes of June 3, 1919, and Dec. 22, 1919, of award of Meritorious Service Medal to No. Aus.'105 Ch. Mas. Mech. S. R. Robertson, R.A.F., No. 3,187 Ch. Mas. Mech. P. Smyth, R.A.F., and No. 26,805 Sgt. H. C. Ashwell, R.A.F., are cancelled, the award of this medal to these airmen having been notified in Gazettes of Dec. 17, 1917, Jan. 1, 1919, and Oct. 10, 1919, respectively. ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.— The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch. Squadron-Leaders.—R. H. Peck, O.B.E., to No. 84 Sqdn., Iraq; 10.5.24. A. N. Gallehawk, A.F.C., to No. 14 Sqdn., Palestine ; 6.6.24. A. C. Wright, to Base Calshot, on transfer to Home Estab. ; 4.6.24. Medical Branch Squadron Leader : H. B. Porteous, M.B., to R.A.F. Depot. 3.6.24. Flight-Lieutenants.—G. H. H. Maxwell, M.B., to No. 208 Sqdn., Egvpt ; 23.5.24. J. J. Walsh, to No. 47 Sqdn., Egypt ; 20.5.24. E. G. Howell, to Stores Depot, Egypt, instead of to Aircraft Depot, Egypt, as previously notified. J. Wren (Dental), to No. 5 Flying Training Sch., Shotwick ; 24.6.24. Flying Officers.—R. T. F. Grace, M.B., to R.A.F. Depot : 16.6.24. T. V. O'Brien, M.B., to No. 4 Flying Training Sch., Egypt ; 21.5.24. J. G. Russel, to Station Commandant, Iraq ; 17.5.24. S. S. Proctor, M.B., to Research Laboratory and Med. Officers' Sch. of Instruction. Hampstead, on appointment to a Short Service Commn. for short course ; 17.6.24. ROYAL AIR FORCE HALF-YEARLY PROMOTION LIST THE Air Ministry announces the under-mentioned officers are promoted to the ranks stated, with effect from July 1, 1924 :— General Duties Branch. Group Captain to be Air Commodore.—Arthur Murray Longmore, D.S.O. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—William Gore Sutherland Mitchell, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C. ; Robert Peel Ross, D.S.O., A.F.C. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—John Walter Cordingley, O.B.E. ; Hon Lawrence John Evelyn Twislet.on-Wykeham-Fiennes ; John Charles Quinnel, D.F.C. ; Christopher Edward Maude ; Andre Adolphe Walser, M.C., D.F.C. ; John Percy Claude Sewell, O.B.E. ; Sydney Wrilliam Smith, O.B.E. ; Charles Cleaver Miles, M.C. ; Thomas Westropp Mulcahy- Morgan, M.C. ; Lionel Douglas Dalzell McKean, O.B.E. ; F'ranks Lubbock Robinson, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—William Sowrly, D.F.C., A.F.C., with seniority of January 1, 1924, immediately below Squadron Leader Oswyn George W'illiam Gifford Lvwood, O.B.E. ; Charles Edward Hastings Med- hurst, O.B.E., M.C. ; Harrv Stewart ; Henry Karslake Thorold, D.S.C.. D.F.C., A.F.C. ; John Oliver Andrews. D.S.O.. M.C. ; Alan Lees ; Eric Digby Johnson, A.F.C. ; Roger Henry Gartside Neville. M.C. ; Charles John Wharton Darwin, D.S.O. ; Paul Bernard Hunter : Albert Peter Vincent Daly; Francis John Linnell, O.B.E. ; Edward James Povnter Burling, D.S.C., D.F.C. : Gilbert Dirk Nelson, D.S.C. A.F.C. : Cecil Arthur Rea, A.F.C. ; Claude Hilton Keith ; Wyndham Brookes 1'arrington, D.S.O. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—Horace Frederic Bradley ; Edward Peverell Meggs Davis, A.F.C., A.M. ; George Henry Harrison, D.F'.C. ; Oliver Eric Carter ; Leo James Riordan, A.F.C. ; Kenneth Alexander Meek, M.B.E. ; James William Young, M.B.E. ; Charles Robert Strudwick ; Robert Bruce Sutherland, D.F.C. ; Sydnev Ernest Storrar ; Cyril Norman Ellen, D.F.C. ; James Henry Winch; Charles Allen Elliott; Anthony Cecil Boris Harrison, M.C. ; William Jones ; Phillippe Andrfi de Fontenay, D.F.C. ; Edward Joseph Augustine Burke ; Charles Edmund Maitland, D.F.C. ; John Ross Bell, D.F.C. ; Herbert Seton Broughall, M.C. ; Harold Ernest Searson, D.F.C. ; Godfrey Cathbar O'Donnell, D.F.C. ; James Kingsley Aldrick Jeakes, D.F.C. ; William Edward George Mann, D.F.C. John Oliver, A.F.C. ; John Jordan Lloyd -Williams, M.C. ; Alwyn John Warwick : Andrew Augustus Ward ; John Gaylor Horne ; John Francis Tufnell Barrett; John Denis Breakey, D.F.C. ; Louis Massey Hilton, D.F.C. ; Somerled Douglas Macdonald, D.F.C. ; Herbert Ivor Trentham Beardsworth ; Noel Lloyd Desoer ; Thomas Melling Williams, M.C., D.F.C. ; George Reginald Ashton ; Edmund Francis Waring, D.F.C. ; Walter Archer Bourchier Savile ; James Ira Thomas Jones, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., M.M. ; Samuel Arthur Turner, M.B.E. ; Victor Emmanuel Groom, D.F.C- ; Wallis Halford, D.F.C. ; George Barker Holmes ; Joseph Blackford. Stores Branch. Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Edward James Sayer, M.C. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Thomas Fawdry, M.B.E. ; William Charles Clark ; Thomas George Skeats ; Thomas Bell, M.M. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—Hugh Jones ; Archibald Thomas Shaw ; Frederick John William Humphreys ; Frank James Bickley Powell, M.B.E. ; Wilfred Alec Glasper. Stores Branch (Accountants). Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Joseph Rylands. Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader.—Richard Whyte. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—William Edward Fisher, M.C. ; James Haden Burleigh Carson. Medical Branch. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—William Wood Shorten, F.R.C.S. (E.) ; Frank Nangle Bury Smartt, M.B., B.A. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Thomas Montgomery, M.D., D.P.H.. B.A. ; Hugh Leonard Burton, M.B. Flight Lieutenants to be Honorary Squadron Leaders.—James Craig, M.D.; Henry Campbell Perkins. Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service. Senior Sister (Acting Matron) to be Matron.—Miss Mary Wilson Campbell. Sister to be Acting Matron.—Miss Winifred Eveline Molesworth. Staff Nurse to be Acting Sister.—Miss Elizabeth Spensley, A.R.R.C. <•> <•> <$> <•> IN PARLIAMENT R.A.F. Commissions from Ranks MAJOR HORE-BELISHA on June 26 asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will give particulars of the conditions under which commissions are obtained from the ranks in the Royal Air Force ; if it has been decided that commissions shall be given to non-commissioned pilots ; whether such commissions will be open to competition among the non-commissioned officer pilots at home and abroad ; and if such commissions are permanent ? The Under-Secretary of State for Air : A limited number of boys enlisted as aircraft apprentices who have completed three years' training as such are selected twice a year by the Air Council for cadetships at the Royal Air Force Cadet College, with a view to qualification for permanent commissions in the general duties branch of the Royal Air Force. In addition, non-commissioned officer pilots may be specially recommended for permanent commissions in the general duties branch by air officers commanding at home or abroad, provided that (1) they are qualified and employed as pilots, (2) they are not less than 21 years of age, (3) they are considered' likely to make efficient officers in every respect, (4) they have reached a certain educational standard. A third avenue to promotion to commissioned rank is that open to warrant officers of the medical branch, who may be specially recommended for permanent com missions as medical quartermasters under conditions similar to those in force in the Army. 1 would add, as regards the second of the above three classes of candidates for commissions, that it is the intention of the Air Council to limit the award of commissions to a very small number of outstanding recommended candidates until more experience of the working of the scheme has been gained. Airship Construction in Germany MR. GILBERT asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his Department has any details of the airship which has been built in Germany for America ; and can he give any details as t« its size, passenger-carrying capacity, speed, number of its crew, and its probable cost ? Mr. Leach : The details as to size, etc., of the. airship, known as " Z.R.3," which has been built in Germany for the United States of America, are under stood, from published statements which have appeared, to be as follows :— Size : Cubic capacity, 2,475,000 cubic ft. ; length, 656 ft. ; height, 101 ft. ; diameter, 90.75 ft. Passenger-carrying capacity. 25 to 3D passengers. Speed : Maximum (estimated), 75.8 m.p.h. ; cruising (estimated), 67.12 m.p.h. Number of crew : 24 persons. Probable cost: Information not available. Civil Aviation and Irish Service VISCOUNT CURZOS asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what are the reasons which have led to the suspension of the Liverpool-Belfast service ; whether it is intended to restart this service ; and, if so, when and with what type of machine ? Mr. Leach : The answer to the first part of the question is that the air service referred to has been discontinued because, with the limited special facilities for weather reporting which it was possible to provide for an experimental service, the bad meteorological conditions encountered rendered the service too unreliable to be economic. As regards the second and third parts of the question, the promoters hope to open a daily Glasgow-Belfast service with the same machines at an early date. An aerodrome with weather-reporting facilities exists near Glasgow, at Renfrew, and reconnaissance has shown that the weather conditions of the proposed new route are much better than those on the former one. The Aerial Pageant VISCOUNT CURZON asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what is the maximum speed and date of design and construction of the aeroplanes belonging to the Royal Air Force which will be seen at the air pageant at Hendon ; and what is the speed and date of construction and design of the aeroplanes belonging to the French air squadron which is to be present on the same occasion ? Mr. Leach : 11 is undesirable to enter upon comparisons between the relative performances, designs and other similar particulars of British and foreign service aircraft. Sir H. Brittain asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether at the aerial pageant on Saturday opportunity will be afforded to test the respective merits of British and French 'planes in any form of international competition ? Mr. Leach : No, sir ; in extending the invitation to our French visitors to take part in the pageant there was never any intention of engaging them in any form of international competition. 431
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