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AUGUST 23, 1928 T ROYAL1&A1R FORCE London Gazette, August 14, 1928. General Duties Branch Pilot Officer D. L. Maclean is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (July 10) ;Pilot Officer on probation G. Fachiri is confirmed in rank (July 18) ; Flying Officer E. L. Burslem is transferred to Reserve, Class A (Aim. 4) ; Lt. I. R.Grant, R.N., Flying Officer, R.A.F., ceases to be attached to R.A.F. on return to Naval duty (Aug. 1) ; Lt. B. W. Knowles, R.M., Flying Officer, R.A.F.,ceases to be attached to R.A.F. on return to duty with Royal Marines (Aug. 18) ; Pilot Officer on probation B. W. C. E. Hartwell relinquishes his shortservice commn. on account of ill-health (Aug. 15). Medical Branch Flight-Lieut. A. F. Cook is seconded for duty with the Transjordan FrontierForce (Aug. 1). Memorandum The permission granted to 2nd Lieut. C. C. Green to retain rank is withdrawnon his enlistment in the ranks of the Arm ' (July 12). RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties BranchThe following are granted commns. in Class A.A. (ii) as Pilot Officers on probation :—C. H. Carter, 1. W. T. Jones, A. F. Fleetwood-Lawton (July 30) ;H. C. Usborne (July 31) ; C. F. Morris (Aug. 1). The following Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in rank :—G. H. Robins (July 19) ; H. P. Fraser(Aug. 2) ; J. H. M. Smith (Aug. 3) ; P. Booth (Aug. 4) ; P. Kinsey (Aug. 8). Flying Officer H. W. Westaway is transferred from Class A to Class C(May 19) ; Pilot Officer I. J. Sankey is transferred from Class C to Class A (Aug. 14). The following Flying Officers resign their commissions :—M. K. McGregor (May 16) ; A. E. Golds (May 19) ; P. S. Clarke (May 19). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch The following to be Pilot Officers :—No. 601 (COUNTY OF LONDON) (BOMBING) SQUADRON.—I. A. Murray (July 17). No. 6(12 (CITY OF GLASGOW) (BOMBING) SQUADRON.—J. S. Feather (July 10). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Sqdn.-Ldr. : E. C. Emmett, M.C., D.F.C., to No. 19 Sqdn., Duxford ; 10.8.28. Flight-Lieuts.: F. G. Stammers, O.B.E., to Air Ministry, Directorate ofPersonal Services ; 23.8.28. A. L. Chick, A.F.C., to No. 2 Sqdn., Manston ; 23.8.28. R. P. M. Whitham, M.C., to Air Ministry, Directorate of Organisationand Staff Duties; 1.9.28. H. F. Bradley, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge; 22.8.28. M. C. Dick, A.F.C., to H.M.S. Furious ; 1.9.28. Flying Officers : A. D. McDowall, to H.Q., Air Defence of Great Britain, Uxbridge ; 20.8.28. The under-mentioned Pilot Officers are posted on appointment to Permanent Commissions from the R.A.F. Cadet College, Cranwell, witheffect from 28.7.28 :— Pilot Officers : J. T. Stephenson, to No. 2 Sqdn., Manston. F. Whittle,to No. Ill Sqdn., Hornchurch. A. E. Dark and A. L. Weait, to No. 12 Sqdn., Andover. W. R. Worstall, C. B. Hughes and J. W. Homer, to No. 99 Sqdn.,Upper Heyford. E. M. F. Grundy, to No. 56 Sqdn., North Weald. T- Mutch, to No. 41 Sqdn., Northolt. H. R. Dale and H. J. Pringle, to No. 43 Sqdn.,Tangmere. R. J. Cooper and J. A. C. Stratton, to No. 16 Sqdn., Old Saram. G. N. E. Tindal-Carill-Worsley, J. E. Jorgensen and J. J. Owen, to No. 3Sqdn., Upavon. L. F. Sinclair, to No. 4 Sqdn., S. Farnborough. N.E. White and A. L. Franks, to No. 29 Sqdn., North Weald. A. Wall, to No. 7 Sqdn.,Worthy Down. R. A. Sprague, to No. 13 Sqdn., Andover. F. P. Hewitt, to No. 100 Sqdn., Bicester. J. G. Llewelyn, to No. 58 Sqdn., Worthy Down.R. B. Councell, R. D. Williams, C. Ryley and E. J. Laine, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot. C. V. J. Pratt, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport. P. W. A. Dudgeon, toSchool of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum. AIR MINISTRY NOTICES Flights Across the Channel: Arrangements for Reporting andSearch v Miles I '/z O Kilometres Tort lesJtaraques s, DIFFICULTIES have arisen in locating the semaphore stations at Calais(Village des Baraques) and Alprech (near Boulogne), which are mentioned in Notice to Airmen No. 38 of 1928 as reporting points for aircraft on flightsacross the Channel. The accompanying plans are therefore published to show the position of these semaphore stations and should be attached to theNotice to Airmen in question. (No. 62 of 1928). Publication of Orders and Directions1. ATTENTION is drawn to the publication of the under-mentioned Orders and Directions :—AirNavigation(Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1928, established July 30, 1928. Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 1928, established Tuly 30,1928. Cap iAlprecK ( • Semaphore Stn. Air Navigation Directions, 1928 (A.N.D.4C), dated July 26, 1928.Air Navigation Directions, 1928 (A.N.D6.B), dated August 5, 1928. which are obtainable from H.M. Stationery Office, Adastral House, Kingsway,London, W.C.2, or through any bookseller. 2. It should be noted that under the Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 3)Order, 1928, which comes into force on September 1 next, all flying machines when flying at night are required to carry side lights having a minimumrange of 5 miles instead of 3 miles as hitherto, and no white forward light should be displayed except when manoeuvring on the water.(No. 63 of 1928.) Royal Air Force Flying AccidentsTHE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Sheikh Othman, Aden, to a Fairey III Fmachine of No. 8 (Bombing) Squadron, Aden, on August 14, 1928, Flight-Lieut. Edward Norman Tickner Edwardes, thepilot of the aircraft, was killed and the passenger, 362026 L.A.C. Albert Wyndham Jones was slightly injured. The Air Ministry also regrets to announce that as the resultof a collision in the air at Digby between a D.H.9a and an Avro machine of No. 2 Flying Training School, Digby, onAugust 17, Pilot Officer Adrian Gordon Cole, the pilot of the Avro machine, and Pilot Officer Bertrand Guy D'Olier, apassenger in the D.H.9a, were killed. Flying Officer Alfred Rodney Feather, the pilot of the D.H.9a, died of his injuriesafter admission to hospital. D.H. " Moths " for Danish Army THE Danish Army Flying Corps have ordered D.H." Moths " from England for instruction flying Short " Calcutta " on Channel Service IMPERIAL AIRWAYS are to use a Short " Calcutta "flying boat on their holiday air service from Southampton to the Channel Islands. 737
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