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FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 6, 1929 THE ROYAL^AIR FORCE Lonion Gitelle, August 27, 1929General Duties ^Branch The follg. flight cadets havin» successfully passed through the R.A.F.College, Cranwell, are granted permanent comni;. as Pilot OJioers with efiect from|and with seniority of July 27: — •!). W. Lias, G. G. Barrett,J. A. Powell, R. L. Phillips, F. C. Cole, R. C. Keary, K. W. Niblett, S. S. Murray, K. P. Lewis, E. R. Simonds, L. Crocker, R. E. de T. Vintras, G. K.Fairtlough, M. L. Heath, W. S. Hebden, W. V. L. Spendlove, 1. B. Newbigging, F. W. Stannard, F. R. Drew, W. T. F. Wight mm, W. I. H. Burke, E. J.Corbally, H. R. L. Hood, A. D. Selway, C. A. Watt, L. E. J. Lucas, A. O. Molesworth, R. C. Mead, F. A. J. Poll^k-Gore, D. J. Djuthivaite, LordMalcolm A. Douglas-Hamilton. G. V. Carey is granted a short service com ni. as Fl/iaj OJi:ar, witheffect from and with seniority of Aug. 6. The follg. are granted short service commiis. as Pilot Officers on probation, with eiTact from and with seniority ofAug. 15 :—R. B. Abraham, M. J. Adam, A. C. Bailey, J. L. C. Banks, D. Barclay, D. Carr, R. J. Cohen, N. Kirkham, A. N. Luxmoore, J. E. C. MoClure,R. M. Noblston, A. W. B. Page, M. E. Pickford, W. J. S;ott, VV. B. J. Sharp, G. E. B. Stoney, G. R. Stroud, L. Watson, R. L. West, A. M. Wood.The follg. are granted short service com:nas. as Pilot Oncers on probation, with effect from Aug. 16, and with seniority of Aug. 15 :—J. C. Atkins,E. Poole. Lieut. F. M. R. Stephenson, R.N., is re-attached to R.A.F. as FlyingOfficer, with effect from Aug. 3, and with seniority of July 14, 1924. Lieut. R. G. Poole, R.N., is re-attached to R.A.F. as Flying Officer, with efiect from Aug. 14, and with seniority of June.16, 1924. The follg. Pilot Officerson probation are confirmed in rank :—J. R. Ayiing (Aug. 15) ; W. S. C Adams, R. A. Beynon, E. J. Brighton, D. A. Craik, E. B. Grace, R. Jones,G. R. Montgomery, M. G. Parker, S. P. Richards (Aug. 24). Group-Capt. P. L. W. Herbert, C.M.G., C.B.E., is placed on half-pay list,scale A (Aug. 25). The short service commn. of Pilot Officer on probation J. Lewis is terminated on cessation of duty (Aug. 28). Medical BranchFlight-Lieut. G. H. H. Maxwell, M.B., is promoted to rank of Squadron- Leader (Aug. 22). Memomnium The permission granted to 2nd Lieut. W. Peniston-Bird to retain his rankis withdrawn on his enlistment in R.A.F. Reserve. RSS£ftV£ O? AIR FORC& OFFICERS General Duties BranchThe follg. are granted commns. in Special Reserve as Pilot Officers on probation :—M. M. Hutchinson (June 21); F. W. Hartridge (June 29).The follg. Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in rank :—J. T. S. HorsfaU (Aug. 22) ; G. C. Holland (Aug. 27).Flying Officer E. F. Smith is transferred from Class C to Class AA (1) (Aug. 14). Flying Officer C. U. G. Tristram is transferred from Class A toClass C (July 4). Flying Officer G. V. Carey relinquishes his comma on appointment to a short service commn. in R.A.F. (Aug. 6). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE- Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force arenotified :— General Duties Branch] Wing Commanders : R. G. D. Small, to H.Q., Fighting Area, Uxbridge, forAir Staff duties, 16.9.29. J. H. Herring, D.S.O., M.C., to H.Q., Inland Area, for Personnel Staff duties, 6.8.29. W. S. Douglas, M.C., D.F.C., to H.Q.,Middle East, for Air Staff duties, 16.8.29. Squadron Leaders : E. J. Cuckney, D.S.C., to Sch. of Tech. Training (Men),Manston, 20.8.29. M. F. Browne, to No. 1 Flying Training Sch., Netheravon, 9. 8.29. G. W. Bentley, D.F.C., to H.Q., Coastal Area, 9.8.29. C. W. Mackey,to R.A.F. Training Base, Leuchars, 12.8.29. E. L. P. Morgan, to H.Q., Air Defence of Gt. Britain, 15.8.29. Flight Lieutenants: G. O. Venn, to H.Q., Air Defence of Gt. Britain,2.8.29. S. L. Quine, M.C., to Sch. of Army Co-operation No. 16 (A.C.) Sqdn., Old Sarum, 20.9.29. A. M. Wray, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., to No. 3 FlyingTraining Sch., Grantham, 2.8.29. F. G. Jennings, to H.Q., Coastal Area, 1.8.29. A. L. R. Duke, to No. 3 Flying Training Sch., Grantham, 17.8.29.D. W. F. Bonham-Carter, to H.Q., Wessex Bombing Area, Andover, 12.8.29. R. L. McK. Barbour, D.F.C., A.F.C., to Aeroplane and Armament Experi-mental Establ., Woodbridge, Suffolk, 12.8.29. Flying Officer T. O'N. East, to R.A.F. Practice Camp, Catfoss, 21.8.29.Pilot Officers : R. A. Beynon and M. G. Parker, to No. 2 (A.C.) Sqdn., Manston, 14.8.29. S. P. Richards to No. 4 (A.C.) Sqdn., S. Farnborough,14.8.29. R. Jones, to No. 13 (A.C.) Sqdn., Andover, 14.8.29. W. S. C. Adams, E. B. Grace, and M. V. Delap, to^Sch. of Naval Co-operation, Lee-on-Solent,14.8.29. D. A. Craik, to No. 58 (Bomber) Sqdn., Worthy Down, 14.8.29. G. R. Montgomery, to No. 502 (Ulster) (Bomber) Sqdn., Aldergrove, 14.8.29.G. D. Hoyland, to No. 26 (A.C.) Sqdn., Cattenck, 14.8.29. S. S. Mackay, to No. 35 (Bomber) Sqdn., Bircham Newton, 14.8.29. R. E. Watts, to AircraftDepot, India, 10.7.29. T. W. G. Eady, to No. 28 (A.C.) Sqdn., India, 10.7.29. E. Rotherham, to No. 20 (A.C.) Sqdn., India, 10.7.29. The following Pilot Officers are posted to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, onappointment to Short Service Commissions (on probation), 15.8.29 :— Ralph Bagshaw Abraham, Maurice James Adam, Adam Carter Bailey, JohnLangton Courtenay Banks, David Barclay, David Carr, Ronald Joseph Cohen, Norris Kirkham, Arthur Noble Luxmore, John Evelyn Crosland McClure,Reuben Michael Noblston, Arthur Wilfred Brian Page, Maurice Edward Pickford, William Joseph Scott, William Bernard John Sharp, George EdwardBowes Stoney, Graham Robertson Stroud, Leslie Watson, Ralph Leonard West, and Allan Morton Wood. 16.8.29 :—John Croft Atkins and EdwardPoole. Accountant BranchFlight Lieutenant H. W. Carpener to Station H.Q., North Weald, 12.8.29. NAVAL APPOINTMENT The following appointment was made by the Admiralty on Aug. 31 :—Lieut. F.O., R.A.F.—D. W. Mackendrick, to Vindictive. PERSONALS MarriedOn August 31, at West Bromwich. Sec.-Lieut. WALTER JOHN DIMENT (late R.A.F.), eldest son of Mr. Walter Diment and the late Mrs. Diment, Wolver-hampton, was married to RUTH, daughter of the late THOMAS JUDGE and Mrs. Judge, of Handsworth. Sir HUBERT WILKINS and Miss SUZANNE BENNETT, the Australian actress,were married at Cleveland, Ohio, on August 30. To be MarriedThe engagement is announced between Flight-Lieut. D. R. W. THOMPSON, R.A.F., Little Heath, Herts, and AILEEN MILLICENT, daughter of Mrs. and thelate Rev. J. SEYMOUR HILL, of Park House, Southwell. The marriage will take place on September 21, at St. John's, Buenos Aires,between CYRIL M. CROWE, M.C., D.F.C., only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Crowe, of Saltburn, and ELENA TEMPERLEY, elder daughter of thelate Mr. ROBERT TEMPERLEY and Mrs. R. B. REISS, Villa del Sole, Cap Martin. The engagement is announced between FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT HUGH MARK-HAM DAVID, R.A.F., second son of Lieut.-Col. M. David, D.S.O., and Mrs. African Air Mails THE weekly air service between London and East Africa is to be opened as far as Mwanza, at the southern end of Lake Victoria, before August 31, of next year, and the weekly service from Cairo to Cape Town is to be in operation within a further year. The new service to East Africa will save a fortnight in the time taken for the transport of passen- gers and mails between London and Nairobi. Cherbourg-Southampton Air ServiceTHE organisation for the air service to Cherbourg, connecting with Transatlantic liners, is nearly complete, andthe French Air Ministry has authorised two English seaplanes to meet the Berengaria next Saturday. Permission has alsobeen given for German machines with mails for the Bremen to land at Cherbourg. Hull Municipal Aerodrome HULL municipal aerodrome will, it is hoped, be opened next month by Prince George, who will fly from Croydon. David, of Warwick Mansions, Cromwell Crescent, S.W.7, and GERALDINE FASSEFERN (JILL), youngest daughter of the late Rev. ANGUS CAMERONMACKENZIE, of Dundee, and Mrs. Cameron Mackenzie, of St. Petersburgh Place, W.2. m m m m Royal Air Force CollegeTHE Air Ministry announces :—The following Flight Cadets successfully completed on July 26, 1929, their course of training at the Royal Air ForceCollege. The names are arranged in alphabetical order :—G. G. Barrett, W. I. H. Burke, F. C. Cole (winner of R. M. Groves Memorial Prize), E. J.Corbally, L. Crocker, Lord Douglas-Hamilton, M.A., D. J. Douthwaite, F. R. Drew, G. K. Fairtlough, M. L. Heath, W. S. Hebden, H. R. L. Hood,R. C. Keary, D. W. Lane (winner of Air Ministry Prize for Aeronautical Engineering), K. P. Lewis, L. E. J. Lucas, R. C. Mead, A. O. Molesworth,S. S. Murray, I. B. Newbiggin, K. W. Niblett (winner of Sword of Honour), R. L. Phillips (winner of Abdy Gerrard Feilowes Memorial Prize), F. A. J.Pollock-Gore, J. A. Powell, A. D. Selway, E. R. Simonds, W. V. L. Spendlove, F. W. Stannard, R. E. de T. Vintras (winner of Air Ministry Prize for Human-istic Subjects), C. A. Watt, W. T. F. Wightman. Alternative Route for Indian Air Mail THE mails for India will in future go via Kantara and Amman, until the situation in Palestine show signs of im- provement. Schneider Trophy Programme COPIES of the Official Souvenir Programme of the 1929 Schneider Trophy Contest can be obtained at the Royal Aero Club at a cost of Is. per copy. The programme can also be obtained from Gale & Polden, Ltd., Wellington Works, Aldershot, and at their offices at London and Ports- mouth, and the programmes will, of course, be on sale throughout the areas adjacent to the course and on board the official ships. Little Entente Air Race TEAMS from Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, andRoumania are having a race on their own. The course will be from Bucharest through Lwow, Warsaw, Prague, Brno,Zagreb, Belgrade back to Bucharest. 993
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