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SEPTEMBER 24, 1925 THE ROYAL AIR, FORCE London Gazette, September 18General Duties Branch Flight-Lieut. X. C. Saward is granted a perm, commn. in the rank stated • •?Z' I?' A- Seaton ls granted a short service commn. as a Flying Officer with effect from, and with seniority of, Sept. 2. is, The following Pilot Officers are promoted to the rank of Flyin» Officer •— L. C. Lewis, C. G. M. Anderson ; May 15. R. O. Jones ; Aug 3 H T R Cnpps (2nd Lieut., Queen's Bays Regt., R.A.R.O.), P. Cranswick M C G H Jennings-Bramly, J. F. Nicholas, P. P. Grey, F. F. Wilkinson • Aug 14 G. R. A. Pallin ; Aug. 31. W. J. Brett (Lieut., 51st (West, and Cumb (Field Bde., T.A., Lieut. R. of O.) ; Sept. 3. T. H. Finney, R. K. Coupland • Sept. 14. v ' The following are placed on the retired list at their own request —Sqdn -Ldr B. H. N. H. Hamilton, D.S.O. ; Aug. 5. Flying Officer W. J. Bray ; Sept. 16.' The following Flying Officers are transferred to the Reserve Class A •— W. R. K. Atkinson ; Aug. 28. C. H. Bird ; Sept. 15. Flying Officer J. A. Stedman relinquishes his short service commn. on account of ill-health and is permitted to retain his rank; Aug. 18. Flying Officer J. U. McKi'nnon resigns his short service commn., and is parmitte'd to retain his rank ; Sept. 1. Flying Officer J. K. Smith (Lieut., Lanes. Fus.) relinquishes his temporary commn. on return to Army duty ; Sept. 13. Medical Branch F. B. C. L. B. Crawford, M.B., is granted a short service commn. as a Flying Officer for three years on the active list, with effect from, and with seniority of, Aug. 25. Flight-Lieut. F. E. Johnson is promoted to the rank of Squadron-Leader; Sept. 14. Flying Officer L. P. McCullagh, M.B., is promoted to the rank of Flight-Lieut. ; Sept. 7. Flight-Lieut. J. S. Wilson, M.D., B.A., is transferred to the Reserve, Class D.2 ; Sept. 12; Reserve of Air Force Officers E. Busby is granted a commn. in Class AA, General Duties Branch, as a Pilot Officer on probation ; Sept. 1. The following Pilot Officers are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer :— F. H. Pidgeon ; June 10. C. S. Clarke ; June 23. R. P. Whyte ; July 6. VV. Lowry ; July 10. E. F. D. Gregory ; July 11. E. T. Shone ; July 13. A. B. H. Youell; July 20. W. R. Bailey;' July 22. G. J. Holdcroft ; July 27. A. D. M. Blair; Aug. 1. " " ~ ' _ . - Robinson ; Aug. 5. L. C. Hillman ; E. H. Bird ; Aug. 26. W. Rogers ; F. Dismore ; Sept. 4. J. Hall ; Sept Sinclair ; Sept. 7. Flying Officer H. V. Stammers, D.F.C., is confirmed in rank ; Sept. 10. Sqdn.-Ldr. C. E. C. Rabagliati, M.C., A.F.C., is transferred from Class A to Class C ; Sept. 15. Flying Officer R. A. Seaton resigns his commn. : Sept. 2. Memoranda 181294 Cadet C. R. D. Shannon is granted an honorary commn. as a Second Lieutenant, with effect from the date of his demobilisation. The permission granted to 2nd Lieut. E. H. Wall to retain his rank is withdrawn on his enlistment in the Territorial Army ; April 29. E. H. Aug. 10. J ; g Aug. 26. R. J. Bunning ; Sept. 2. 4. A. J. C. Overal; Sept. 4. F. G. Rossington ; Aug. 5. A. L. S. J. Wheeler; Aug. 19. R J Bi S 2 ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force arenotified :— General Duties Branch Flight Lieutentants : \V. N. Cumming, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 20.8.25. P. J. Clayson, M.C., D.F.C., to No. 23 Sqdn., Henlow ; 9.7.25. Flying Officers: F. W. W. Wilson, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport; 14.9.25. W. D. Gairdner, D.F.C., to 461 Flight, Gosport; 14.9.25. J. Turner, to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton ; 10.9.25. B. I. Carter, to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton ; 25.9.25. V. H. Clift, to No. 481 Flight, Malta; 1.9.25. A. Leslie-Moore, to No. 462 Flight, Gosport; 14.9.25. T. J. Woods, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 28.8.25. Pilot Officer E. H. Fieldcn, to No. 23 Sqdn., Henlow ; 9.7.25. Stores Branch Flight Lieutenant A. J. Roberts, to Aircraft Depot, Iraq; 1.9.25. Flying Officers: W. A. Kyte, to Central Flying Sch., Upavon; 24.9.25. R. V. Robinson, O.B.E., to Supply Depot, Iraq ; 25.ti.25. O 3> Squad-Ldr. Maurice Wright Joins Fairey's SQUADRON-LEADER MAURICE E. A. WRIGHT, who is well known to many of our readers in connection with his gliding experiments with Mr. Ogilvie's Wright (Orville and Wilbur type) glider at Eastchurch many years ago, has left the R.A.F., and has joined the board of the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd. He entered the flying service in 1914, and put in some good work during the War, especially in the Mediterranean zone with Air-Commodore (then Commander) Sampson. After being invalided home, he was at the Air Ministry, and was appointed test pilot for seaplanes, eventually becoming chief technical officer at the Felixstowe seaplane experimental station. Maurice Wright, it will be remembered, made the first flight in this country on a light 'plane when he flew the English Electric Co.'s "Wren" in 1923. Here's best wishes for his future civilian activities. Salute for Air Council AN addition to the King's Regulations provides that the Air Council, when travelling in a corporate capacity, and the Sscretary of State for Air, when visiting a station officially, shall receive the same salutes as the Army Council and Secretary of State for War respectively. Civilian Air Squadron ON October 16 Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air, will address a meeting of citizens in the Lincoln Guildhall to explain the scheme for"the formation of a Special Reserve Squadron of Home Defence from civilians in the district. These will be trained at Waddington Aerodrome, and the Squadron will consist of a nucleus of R.A.F. officers and mechanics, and two-thirds civilians. Territorial Air Force GOOD progress is being made with the scheme of forming a Territorial Air Force as part of the air defence programme sanctioned by the Government in 1923. Lord Edward Grosvenor—well known as an enthusiast m aeronautical matters—is to command the first squadron to be formed, No 600 City of London (Bombing) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force Two other squadrons will be formed this year, No 603 at Turnhouse Aerodrome, Edinburgh, commanded by Major J. McKelvie, and another at Renfrew Aerodrome, Glasgow. Medical Branch Squadron Leader : T. Montgomery, M.D., D.P.H., B.A., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge ; 1.10.25. Flight Lieuts. : (Hon. Squadron Leader) E. Brown, to No. 100 Squadron, Spittlegate ; 4.9.25. J. Prendergast, to Central Flying School, Upavon ; 5.9.25. J. J. Boyle (Dental), to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Establishment ; 7.10.25. Flying Officers: T. V. O'Brien, M.B., to No. 208 Squadron, Egypt ; 27.8.25. A. Harvey, M.B., to No. 4 Flying Training School, Egypt ; 27.8.25. Flying Officers : W. J. Hutchinson, M.B., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 22.8.25. J. McM. Wilder, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge; 15.9.25. F. B. C. L. B. Crawford, M.B., to Marine Aircraft Experimental Estabt., Fclixstowe ; 15.9.25. H. G. Maguire, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge ; 15.9.25. NAVAL APPOINTMENT. The following appointment was made by the Admiralty on September 12 :— Royal A ir Force Flying Officer F. E. Bond, to No. 461 (F. Torpedo Flight) ; Sept. 15. Courses for R.A.F. OfficersTHE following officers, who were selected for the Cam- bridge University course in October, 1923, have successfullypassed the course and have qualified for the B.A. degree :— Mechanical Sciences Tripos,—Flight-Lieut. C. E. W.Lockyer, Class II ; Squadron-Leader E. L. Howard-Williams, M.C.,"Class III ; Flying-Officer H. A. Haines, D.F.C., ordinarydegree. Engineering II (Course for Ordinary Degree).—Flight-Lieut.C. H. Awcock, O.B.E. Flight-Lieut. C. E. W. Lockyer has been awarded theJohn Bernard Seeley Prize for Aeronautics for the year 1925. Each of the following officers who were selected for theImperial College of Science and Technology, Course " C," in October, 1924, has presented to the Board of Studies of theImperial College a thesis which has been accepted for the award of the Diploma of the Imperial College for AdvancedStudy and Research :— Squadron-Leader H. Gordon-Dean, A.F.C., and Flying-Officer H. E. Falkner. R.A.F. Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that, as a result of an accident at Sealand, Chester, to a Bristol fighter of No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, on September 14, Pilot-Officer William Langdon Spurway, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was severely injured and died later in the day. As a result of an accident near Digby to a Bristol fighter of No. 2 Flying Training School, Digby, on September 16, Pilot-Officer Frederick Martin Kellaway, the pilot of the aircraft, was killed, and Flying-Officer William Cay Williams was severely injured and died shortly afterwards. As a result of an accident near Antrim, Ireland, to an Avro of No. 502 Squadron Aldergrove on September 21, Flying Officer Henry Collins Evans, the pilot of the aircraft, died of injuries on admission to hospital. No Sunday London-Paris Air Mails IT is reported that Imperial Airways and the French air line companies have agreed that during the winter months the air service between London and Paris shall be sus- pended as from October 1. 621
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