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FLIGHT, JANUARY 2, 1931 THE ROYA IR FORCE London Gazette, December 23. 1930. • General Duties Branch •I'm' following Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer (Oct. 14 :H F Maves, C. S. Millar, R. Smith. FK'ing OSicer G. Fachiri resigns his short-service column. (Dec. 10) :tlr- short-service commn. of Pilot Officer on probation R. O. F. King is t"nniiiiited on cessation of duty (Dec. 23) ; Lt. G. R. F. T. Cooper, R.N.. of'General Court Martial (D^c. 16). Flying Officer H. W. Charnockcashiered by sentence of General Court Martial (Dec. 12). Medical Branch Flt.-Lt. V. V. Brown, L.R.C.P. and S., is transferred to Reserve, Class D (ii) IDec. 21). Chaplains Branch Rev. R. E. V. Hanson, O.B.E., M.A., relinquishes his appt. as Hon.Chaplain to the King on retirement from R.A.F. (Dec. 11). RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERSGeneral Duties Branch Pilot Officer on probation M. J. Creswell is confirmed in rank (Dec. 11).The following are transferred from Class A to Class C:—Flt.-Lt. A. M. Blake, A.F.C. (Sept. 18) ; Flying Officer C. Thomas (Dec. 23) ; Flying OfficerC. F. Roupell (Dec. 3). Flying Officer A. F. Flectwood-Lawton is transferred from Class AA (ii) to Class C (Dee. 20). The following relinquish their commns. on completion of service :—Flt.-Lt.F.. E. Deans, D.S.C. (Oct. 24) ; Flying Officer H. C. E. C. P. Dalrymplc (Sept. 2). The following relinquish their commns. on completion of serviceand are permitted to retain their rank :—Sqdn. Ldr. J. R. Howett (Oct 24) ; Flying Officer L. S. Punnett (Oct. 12). Stores BrunchFlying Officer W. A. Kyte relinquishes his commn. on completion of service and is permitted to retain his rank (Sept. 12). Medical BranchFlying Officer R. S. Madatchy relinquishes his eommn. on completion of service (Aug. 11). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 600 (CITY OF LONDON) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—The following toPilot Officer:—N. T. Tangye (Oct. 25). be ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are General Duties BranchThe following officers are all posted to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on transfer to Home Establishment, with effect from the date indicated :—H iff Commanders : A. Shekleton. D.S.O., and R. S. Maxwell, M.C., DFC A.F.C. ; 2.11.30. T. E. B. Howe, A.F.C. ; 22.11.30.Squadron Leader D. E. Stodart, D.S.O., D.F.C. ; 2.11.30. Flight Lieutenants : W. T- Seward, C. A. Horn, and W. H. Colder, D.S.M. ;"1130 C N. H. Bilney ; 14.11.30. V. P. Feather; 19.11.30. J. B. H. Rogers: 14.11.30. R. N. Waite ; 21.11.3U. J. E. L. Drabble ; 24.11.30;H M. Groves; 14.11.30. C. Feather ; 14.11.30. W. H. Burbury ; 14.11.30. Hying Officers • H. C. Marett, J. Marson, P. W. M. Wright, G. F. Overbury,A. C. Mitchell, and J. C. Jeffrey, MX. ; 2.11.30. H. G. Wheeler ; 14.11.30. Stores BranchSquadron Leaders : G. Stevens, 1O.B.E. ; 2.11.30. P. J. Murphy ; 19.11.30. night Lieutenants : J. K. McDonald, E. A. Tottle, and W. "St. J. Little-wood ; 2.11.30. Firing Officers : F. W. Felgate, R. B. Brown, and H. D. Tackmau ; 2.11.30.J. F. Young, M.M. ; 19.11.30. Accountant BranchWing Commander H. G. Jones ; 2.11.30. Flight Lieutenant J. H. S. kichards ; 2.11.30. Medical Branch ,,Group Captain A. V. J. Richardson, O.B.E. ; 2.11.30. Wing Commander H. B. Porteous ; 3.12.30.Flight Lieutenants : P. B. L. Potter and G. W. Paton ; 2.11.30. Flight Lieutenants : F. E. Lipscomb ; 18.11.30. J. H. Cullinan ; IN.11.30.Flying Officer W. King; IS. 11.30. ' Chaplains BranchRevd. W. P. Hughes,,to R.A.F. Training Base, Leuchars ; 2.11.30. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments were made by tin1 Admiraltylon December 20 : —Lieuts.—(Flying Officer, R.A.F.)—S. T. Morgan, to Victory ; Dec. 29. J. H. Mel. Malcolm and H. Wright, to Glorious; Jan 27. T.'P. Coode, toGlorious. J. D. C. Little, to Victory. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE MEMORIAL FUND THE Executive Committee of the above Fund held its last meeting of thecurrent year at Iddesleigh House, Caxton Street, London, S.W.I, on December 10. There was a large attendance, Sir Charles Mcl.eod, Bart., in the Chair.Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, G.B.E. (Deputy Chairman) and nine Members of the Committee, including six senior officers of the Royal Air Force,who are Members of the Committee. A letter accepting membership of the Committee (he being one of theoriginal Members appointed to the Committee in 1919 on its formation) was received from Air Vice-Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, K.C.B.,who has recently arrived home from service in Iraq and has taken over the command of the Imperial Defence College in London. It was announced to the meeting that the Vanbrugh Castle School, adminis-tered by the Fund, with 37 boys in attendance, would close for the Christmas holidays on December 17, 1930, and would re-assemble on January 6, 1931. The Secretary formally reported to the Committee that the usual briefceremony at the R.A.F. War Memorial on the Victoria F.mbankment, London, was carried out at noon on Sunday, November 9, 1930, when Air Chief MarshalSir John Salmond, K.C.H., Chief'of the Air Staff, laid a wreath, provided by the Fund, on behalf of the Roval Air Force and the Executive Committee ofthe R.A.F. Memorial Fund. At the same time wreaths were deposited at the foot of the Memorial by Representatives of the Dominions of Canada andNew Zealand, by the Members of the W.R.A.F. O.C.A. and by other bodies and persons. Similarly, a brief ceremony was held in conjunction withthe Royal Navy and the Army at the " Stone of Remembrance," opposite at. dies' Cathedral, Edinburgh, on Armistice Day, Tuesday, November 11,193(1, when the Officer Commanding, R.A.F. Station, Leuchars, laid a wreath »n behalf of this Fund, and of the Air Force, at the joint ceremony which tookplace on the above-named date. . The undermentioned were notified to the Committee as having acceptedinvitations to join the list of Vice-Presidents of the Fund :—The Right Hon._ the Lord Amulree, G.B.H. (Secretary of State for Air) ; C. T.<c Water, Esq. (High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa); Sir inouias Wilford, K.C.M.G. (High Commissioner for the Dominion of New/.raland) ; and the Committee directed the Secretary in addition to ask the U™Hlgn Commissioner for Canada, Mr. Ferguson, if he would join the list Presidet hi il k hi itt i Eld t th ~ •—'MIU1 1\\ Le'tr and with a view to curtailment of the previous reports, which ut.considered to be somewhat too lengthy. The Sub-Committee is composed ff follows:— Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, G.B.E. (Chairman) ; Airr i, ISlr Edward Ellington, K.C.B. ; Air Vice-Marshal C. A. H. Longcroft, iV T"''Secretary.ic r.Ilovving dates were provisionally approved for Executive Committee «* 'ings during 1931. All meetings to be held on Wednesdays, the dates""'•3 -March 4, April 29, July 1, October 7 and December 9, 1931, at 3 p.m. ;;ie usual meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee of the Fund was held«u -<ovemDer 27. Mr. \V. S. Field was in the Chair, and the other Members .ne Committee present were :—Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt-Barlow, O.B.F.. ; AirCo-'m>?Ore B' C" H- Drew' C.M.G. ; Squadron-Leader A. H. Wann. The rv.'io e^ considered in all 12 cases, and made grants to the amount of •U the meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee held on December 16, Lieut.- Commander H. E. Perrin was in the Chair, and the other members of theCommittee present were:—Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt-Barlow, O.B.E.; Air Com- modore B. C. H. Drew, C.M.G. ; Squadron Leader A. H. Wann. The Com-mittee considered in all 22 cases, and made grants to the amount of £877 9s. fid. As the above meeting was the last to be held in 1930 it may interest readers,especially those serving, or who have served, in the Royal Air Force, to know that up to the present date the total amount of grants issued in 193)) amountsto the sum of £10,773 'As. 11</. AIRCRAFT APPRENTICESHalton AIK VICE-MARSHAL H. C.T. DOWDING, C.B., C.M.G., inspected the School ofTechnical Training (Apprentices) at Halton on December 16. The A.O.C. Halton, Air Commodore I. M. Honham-Carter, C.B., O.B.E., in his spokenreport remarked that 351 apprentices were due to pass out, of which 141 had been trained as Aero Engine Fitters, 189 as Metal Riggers, 12 as ArmourerFitters, and 9 as Coppersmith and Sheet Metal Workers. At the final examination 37 qualified as Leading Aircraftmen, 266 as Aircraftmen FirstClass, 41 as Aircraftmen Second Class, 6 were sick and were not examined, and one failed to qualify. The technical training results showed a good average.This was the first entry which had received instruction in the trade of Metal Rigger. When the entry arrived at Halton the educational average was low.By special attention on the part of the staff, the lowest classes had been brought along. Discipline had been good and health satisfactory. Cadet-ships had been offered to E. G. J. Jacobs. S. V. A. Patmore, P. R. Robinson, J. C. Pope, and M. K. D. Porter. Electrical and Wireless School, Cranwell Air Vice-Marshal A. K. Borton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., Commandingthe Inland Area, inspected the Electrical and Wireless School at Cranwell on December 17. The A.O.C. Cranwell, Air Vice-Marshal A. M. Longrnore,C.B., D.S.O., in his spoken report said that the January, 1928, entry, which was then passing out, was an exceptional one. The average of intelligenceand the standard attained was in most cases above the average. He paid a high tribute to the work of the staff. The discipline had been good, and hadimproved as the course went on. At the Central Trade Test Board Examina- tion, 14 apprentices qualified as L.A./C, 18 as A./C. 1, and six as A./C. 2.There were no failures. m mNew Squadron to Form at Manston THE Air Ministry announces that No. 500 Cadre Squadron will form atManston on November 16, 1931, under arrangements to be notified later. This unit will be a night-bomber squadron, and will occupy the accommodationlately vacated by No. 9 B.S. which has moved to Boscombe Down on Salisbury Plain. There are at present four cadre squadrons in the Royal Air Force,namely, No. Sill (City of Bristol), No. 502 (Ulster). No. 503 (County of Lincoln) and No. 504 (County of Nottingham). The Ulster and Lincoln Squadronsuse the Hyderabad and are night-bombers. The Bristol Squadron uses the D.H.9A., and the Nottingham Squadron uses the Horsley. A cadre squadronhas a substantial proportion of regular personnel, including the CO., but is brought up to strength by officers and airmen of the Special Reserve AirForce. There is no exact equivalent to this organisation in the Army. We presume that the location of this new squadron at Manston is a temporaryarrangement, as the aerodrome has been condemned as a permanent station for a bomber squadron of the Air Defences of Great Britain, and for that reasonNo. 9 B.S. has been moved awav from it. 21
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