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OCTOBER 21, 1926 THE ROYAL London Gazette, October 12, 1926.General Duties Branch H. Broadhurst is granted a short-service commission as a Pilot Officer on rank :—jTMcGuinness, G. E". Campbell, D.F.M.", A. HTOwen (Sept!"I'STM". A.Cowan (Sept. 10) ; J. H. Harris (Sept. 13) ; Pilot Officer J. C. H. Tavendale takes rank and prec. as if his appt. as Pilot Officer bore date Dec. 17, 1924,immediately follg. Pilot Officer J. G. Franks on the gradation list. Reduction to take effect from Aug. 23. Pilot Officer M. H. Frame resigns his short-service commn. (Oct. 4). Stores BranchFlying Officer J. E. Truss, M.C., is granted a permanent commn. in this rank (Oct. 13) ; Flying Officer C. S. Whellock is transfd. to Stores Branchon probn. in this rank, with effect from and with seny. of Oct. 1 ; Flight Lieut. E. R. Webb relinquishes his short-service commn. on acct. of ill-health,and is permitted to retain his rank (Oct. 10). Medical BranchSqdn. Leader B. F. Beatson, D.T.M., is placed on retd. list at his own request (Oct. 13) ; Flight Lieut. H. R. Peek (tempy. Capt. Army DentalSurgeon), relinquished his temp, commn. on return to Army duty (Sept. 20). AIR. FORCE Memorandum Maj. R. Hall, O.B.E., late The R. Welch Fus., is granted permission toretain rank of Lieut.-Col., R.A.F., on retirement from the Army. Reserve of Air Force Officers The follg. are granted commns. on probn. in the General Duties Branch,in the ranks stated (Oct. 12) :— Class A .—Flying Officer C. W. Carleton, A.F.C. Pilot Officer M. T.Bromley. Class BE.—Pilot Officer J. P. James. The follg. Pilot Officers are confirmed in rank :—J. Hill, C. W. Lofthouse,R. G. Shaw (Oct. 5) ; C. W. Carter (Oct. (j) ; H. S. Fulton (Oct. 7). Flying Officer W. J. Buchanan, D.F.C., is transferred from Class A to Class C (Sep-tember 6). The follg. Flying Officers relinquish their commns. on completion of service :J. Fairbairn (Aug. 28) ; S. C. Rose (Sept. 12) ; W. J. Sivewright (Sept. 12) ; G. L. G. Watson, M.M. (Sept. 19); H. Hoad (Oct. 10). The commn. ofPilot Officer on probn. G. \V. Phillips is terminated on cessation of duty (Sept. 21). Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service Miss E. M. Burton resigns her appt. as Sister (Aug. 19). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Forceare notified :— General Duties Branch Squadron Leaders: R. H. M. S. Saundby, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., to No. 58Sqdn., Worthy Down, on transfer to Home Estab. ; 15.10.26. R. Halley, D.F.C., A.F.C., to H.Q-. Cranwellj; 1.10.26. L. C. Keeble, to H.M.S. Hermes ;7.10.26. G. H. P. Padley, to Central Flying Sen., Upavon ; 4.10.26. L. F. Forbes, M.C., to No. 7 Sqdn., Bircham Newton ; 11.10.26. H. I. Hanmer,D.F.C., to No. 13 Sqdn., Andover ; 1.10.26. W. Sowrey, D.F.C., A.F.C., to No. 2 Sqdn., Manston ; 1.10.26. Flight Lieutenants: F. Beaumont, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge ; 11.10.26.J. F. Lawson, A.F.C., to Heliopolis Details, Egypt; 21.9.26. W. S. Allen, to H.Q., No. 21 Group, West Drayton; 7.10.26. F. W. Walker, D.S.C.,A.F.C., to School of Naval Co-operation, Lee-on-Solent ; 4.10.26. S. M. Kinkead, D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer toHome Estab. ; 27.9.26. S. L. G. Pope, D.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Estab. ; 27.9.26.Flying Officers: E. F. Haylock, to No. 503 Sqdn., Waddington ; 12.10.26. C. Sutton, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Estab. ; 19.9.26.R. L. Yates, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Estab. ; 11.9.26. R. F. Overbury, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to HomeEstab.; 21.9.26. (Hon. Flight-Lieut.) G. Anderson, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge ; 11.10.26. J. A. Mollison, to Electrical and Wireless Sch., Flower-down ; 13.10.26. G. T. Gaynor, to Elec. and Wireless Sch., Flowerdown ; 8.10.26. C. F. Caunter, to Station H.Q., Northolt; 11.10.26. A. H. Wheeler,to No. Ill Sqdn., Duxford ; 18.10.26. H. R. McL. Reid, D.F.C., to R.A.F. Cadet College, Cranwell; 12.10.26. C. F. H. Grace, to Home Aircraft Depot,Henlow ; 15.10-26. E. A. H. Fisher and I. W. C. Mackenzie, to Armament and Gunnery Sch., Eastchurch ; 12.10.26. Pilot Officers: C. Pitt-Hardacre, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer toHome Estab.; 4.10.26. H. Broadhurst, to No. 11 Sqdn., Netheravon, on appointment to a Short Service Commn.; 1.10.26. Stores Branch Flight Lieutenants: J. Lundon, to Station H.Q., Upavon, 6.9.26. W. J.King, D.C.M., to No. 21 Group H.Q., West Drayton, on transfer to Home Estab., 11.10.26. Flying Officers : L. V. Hirst, J. R. R. Harvey, J. W. Hustwaite, M. F.Tomkins and L. W. Park, to School of Store Accounting and Storekeeping, Kidbrooke, 1.10.26. J. W. Mitchell, to School of Store Accounting andStorekeeping, Kidbrooke, 30.9.26. Flving Officers: C. B. Horsfield, to R.A.F. Training Base, Leuchars,3.9.26. A. G. S. Tuke, to H.M.S. Hermes; 7.10.26. L. Horwood, M.C., to Marine Aircraft Experimental Estab., Fclixstowe ; 8.10.26. Pilot Officer L. F. Caunter, to No. 4 Sqdn., S. Farnborough, 14.9.26.Pilot Officers : The undermentioned Pilot Officers are posted to H.Q., R.A.F., Cranwell, on appointment to Permanent Commns. (on probation), with effectfrom 9.10.26 :—J. E. R. Sowman, O. W. T. Rogers, A. A. Quayle, W- A. D. Collingwood, M. S. Shapcott, C. 1. Fry, R. B. Horstmann, R. B.'Brown, R. S.Sawyer, T. I. Iliff, W. A. Stags, C. J. Nobbs, H. D. lackman, E. H. Walker, E. G. Northway, and W- G. S. Wood. Medical Branch Flight Lieutenant (Dental); E. A. Wheeler, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, onappointment to a Temp. Commn. ; 1.10.26. Flving Officers: N. I. Smith, M.B., to Research Lab. and Medical Officers'Sch. of Instruction ; 8.10.26. H. Penman, M.B., to Research Lab. and Medical Officers' Sch. of Instruction, on appointment to a Short Service Commn. ;8.10.26. E. A. Rice, M.B., to Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Estab., Martlesham Heath ; 3.10.26. Chaplains' Branch Rev. A. W. Brown, M.A., B.D., to Station H.Q., Upavon ; 7.10.26. Rev.W. T. Rees, B.D., to H.0-. Egypt ; 21.9.26. Rev. G. A. Davies, B.A., to Home Aircraft Depot, Henlow, on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 21.10.26. Showing the Red Flagby Air : Soviet Russia is making every effortnot to lag behind in the world of aeronautics,and recently the Russian pilot, Capt.Gromov, accompanied by his mechanic,Radzevich, made a tour of Europe in a Russian-built biplane fitted with a Napier " Lion "engine. They left Mos- cow on August 31 andflew to Konigsberg, Berlin, Paris, Rome,Vienna, Prague, War- saw, and back to Mos-cow (September 3.) Our picture shows the ma-chine at Rome. The "Ant," as the machineis called, is of all-metal construction,and main-tained an average speed of 115 m.p.h. over the4,350 miles. 693
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