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FLIGHT, JANUARY 22, 1932 THE ROYAif^MR FORCE London Gazette, January 12, 1932. General Duties Branch. Lt. Cmdr. T. O. Bulteel, R.N., is re-attached to R.A.F., as Flight Lieutenant with effect from Jan. 1, and with seny. of Jan. 1, 1929. The following Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in rank :—P. E. Drew (Nov. 13, 1931); H. L. Andrews (Dec. 22, 1931); G. L. C. Jenkins, N. P. Samuels (Dec. 29, 1931). The following Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer:—R. J. W. Barnett, G. M. Williams (Oct. 13, 1931) ; D. G. Morris (Dec. 27, 1931). Flying Officer C. R. Clarke takes rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date Nov. 2, 1929. Reduction takes effect from Dec. 24, 1931. Squadron Leader L. G. S. Payne, M.C., A.F.C., is restored to full pay, from half pay (Dec. 28, 1931). The following are placed on half-pay list, scale A :—Squadron Leader P. F. Fullard, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C. (Jan. 10) : Flying Officer K. S. Brake (Jan. 6). The following are placed on half pay list, scale B :—Wing Commander H. S. Powell, M.C. (Jan. 1) ; Squadron Leader E. I. Bussell (Jan. 6). Flying Officer A. Wall is transferred to Stores Branch on probation (Jan. 8). The following cease to be attached to R.A.F. on return to Naval duty :— Lt. J. W. Hale, R.N., Flying Officer, R.A.F. (Jan. 1); Lt. H. C. Ranald, R.N., Flying Officer, R.A.F. (Jan. 4). Stores Branch Squadron Leader F. Petch, O.B.E., is placed on retired list (Jan. 8). ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE General Duties Branch The following Flying Officers relinquish their commns. on completion of service :—H. W. Roberts (Sept. 18, 1931) ; W. Parkinson (Dec. 30, 1931). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 604 (COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—Pilot Officer R. Smallman-Tew is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (Dec. 21, 1931). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Group Captains : D. C. S. Evill, D.S.C., A.F.C., to R.A.F. Staff College, 'Andover, for duty as Instructor, 1.1.32. J. E. A. Baldwin, D.S.O., O.B.E., A.D.C. to H.Q., Fighting Area, Uxbridge, for Air Staff (Training) Duties, 1.1.32. H. L. Reilly, D.S.O., to Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Estab., Martlesham Heath, pending taking over command, 7.1.32. Wing Commanders: W. A. McClaughry, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., to Air iMinistrv (D.O.I.), for Air Staff Duties, 1.1.32. G. B. A. Baker, M.C., to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, for Engineer Duties, 1.1.32. L. H. Slatter, O.B.E., D.S.C., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, and attached to H.M.S. Courageous for temporary dutv, 3.1.32. A. H. Orlebar, A.F.C., to No. 1 Air Defence Group H.Q., for Air Staff Duties, 2.1.32. P. Babington, M.C., A.F.C., to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, for Flying (Assist. Commandant) Duties, 27.12.31. Stores Branch Squadron Leaders: P. M. Brambleby, to No. 1 Stores Depot, Kidbrooke, 1.1.32. A. E. Sutton-Jones, to H.Q., Air Defence of Gt. Britain, Uxbridge, 19.12.31. Flight Lieutenants: L. T. Sanderson, to Air Ministry (D. of E.), 22.12.31. E. W. Lawrence, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 11.12.31. Flying Officers: E. H. Walker, to No. 4 Flying Training School, Abu Sueir, Egypt, 21.12.31. A. E. Evans, D.F.C., to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 11.1.32. E. G. M. Charleston, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 21.12.31. Accountant Branch Flight Lieutenants : R. W. Collinson, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 11.12.31. V. G. A. Bennett, to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 11.1.32. Flying Officers: K. E. Holmes, to Station H.Q., Duxford, 28.12.31. G. L. Dook, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 26.11.31. Medical Branch Air Commodore: H. V. Wells, C.B.E., K.H.P., to H.Q., Air Defence of Gt. Britain, Uxbridge, for duty as Principal Med. Officer, 4.1.32. Group Captain H. W. Scott, to H.Q., Inland Area, Stanmore, for duty as Principal Med. Officer, 4.1.32. Wing Commander F. N. D. Smartt, to H.Q., Wessex Bombing Area, Andover, 18.1.32. Squadron Leaders : F. J. Murphy, to Aircraft Park, Lahore, India, 20.11.31. C. A. Lindup, to No. 4 Flying Training School, Abu Sueir, Egvpt, 6.12.31. E. C. K. H. Foreman, to R.A.F. Base, Malta, 6.12.31. T. McClurkin, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 1.12.31. Flight Lieutenants: A. A. Townsend, to No. 1 (Indian Wing) Station. Kohat, 26.11.31. C. S. Strachan, to No. 28 Sqdn., Ambala, India, 30.11.31. Dental Branch Flying Officer P. J. C. Keane, to Med. Training Depot, Halton, on appoint ment to a non-permanent commn., 4.1.32. NAVAL APPOINTMENT The following appointment has been made by the Admiralty :- (F./O., R.A.F.).—I. M. MARTINEAU, to Valiant (Jan. 12). -LIEUT. • <$> <$> • ROYAL AIR FORCE SHORT SERVICE COMMISSIONS Extension of Period of Service THE Air Ministry announces that as from April 1, 1932, short service commissions in the Royal Air F"orce will be granted for a period of six years on the active list (instead of five as at present) followed by four years in the reserve. Since the first year is fpent in training as a pilot, this scheme will allow of five years' employment in a fighting unit and the Air Force will gain in efficiency by the increased experience of its short service officers. The rank of Pilot Officer will be subdivided and short service officers on entry will be commissioned as " Acting Pilot Officers " on a standard rate of payof 13s. per day (amounting to lis. 6d. per day at present current rates), and will be promoted to Pilot Officer on a standard rate of pay of 16s. (present current rate 14s. 2d.) after a period of 12 months' approved service. The expenses of mess life in the Air Force are strictly regulated, so that officers, even in the lowest ranks, shall be able to live on their pay without difficulty, and the Air Ministry is satisfied that at the new rate applicable to short service officers during the year of initial training they will be able to take their full and proper share in the social life of their units. Officers entered under this scheme will be paid a gratuity of £500 on transfer to the reserve on completion of their six years of active list service as compared with the gratuity of £375 payable at present on completion of five years' service. Officers selected for medium service from short service, i.e., for a further five years on the active list, will earn £1,000 gratuity for the complete term of service as at present. The slightly reduced number of officers required for short service under this scheme will normally permit of a higher percentage being selected for medium service and also for retention on permanent commissions for a life career in the Air Force. As recently announced, the upper age limit for entry on a short service commission is now 22, i.e., candidates must not have passed their 22nd birthday ; the lower age limit is 18. With this lower age of entry, officers when transferred to the reserve will not be older, and may well be younger, under the six-year scheme now to be adopted than has been the case in the past under the five-year scheme ; the additional year should, therefore, give rise to no special difficulty in obtaining civil employment on leaving the Service. They will as heretofore have the assistance in doing so of the Royal Air Force Officers' Employment Association if they so desire. Foreign Officers with Royal Air Force Units FLIGHT-LIEUTENANTS C. POTAMIANOS and C. PLATSIS, of the Greek Air force, who were attached to the Central Flying School on 29/9/31, to undergo the Flying Instructor's Course, have been attached to the Royal Air Force station, Boscombe Down, to study the work and organisation, and for a course ot general instruction, for 3 months from 4/1/32. Royal Air Force. Award of Prize Cadetships r H »? ^ Ministry announces :—The Air Council have awarded Prize <-aoetships, each of the value of £105 per annum for two years, to the following successful candidates at the examination held in November, 1931, for entry into the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell :— L. B. B. King, Dulwich College (as a King's Cadet he is granted Titular Distinction only). J. N. Knowles, King George V School, Southport. D. E. B. Wheeler, King's School, Canterbury. M. Dawnay, Eton College. D. P. Hanafin, Beaumont College, Old Windsor. T. R. Manson, Haileybury College. E. C. Hardin, Plymouth College. Accountant Officers, R.A.F., Competition THE Air Ministry states that in the circumstances of the present time it will not be possible to announce any vacancies for commissions in the Accountant Branch of the R.A.F. in 1932. It is regretted that it will, therefore, be necessary to postpone till 1933 the next competition for entry into that Branch. Grant of Permanent Commissions to Short Service Officers (Medical Branch) THE undermentioned medical officers have been accepted for permanent commissions, subject to physical fitness :— Flight Lieutenants : Andrew Sheridan Burns, M.B., Ch.B. Hugh Cuthbert Sutcliffe Pimblett, M.B., B.S. Jeremiah Joseph Corcoran, M.B., B.Ch. Transfer of Administration THE administration of the following R.A.F. units will be transferred from Headquarters, Coastal Area, to Headquarters, No. 1 Air Defence Group, with- effect from January 18, 1932 :— (i) Central Medical Establishment. (Under Air Ministry (D.M.S.) for technical administration (medical).) (ii) (a) Inspector of Recruiting. (Directly under Air Ministry for tech nical administration.) (6) R.A.F. Recruiting Depot. R.A.F. SPORT. Rugby Football. THE Police beat the R.A.F. at Thames Ditton on Saturday, January 9, by 2 dropped goals and 5 tries (23 points), to 2 tries (6 pointsj. The R.A.F. tries ware scored by Flt.-Lt. G. R. Beamish and P./O. Manton. Flt.-Lt. Hodder was injured and had to leave the field. The R.A.F. team was :— F./O. G. P. Longfield, back; P./O. G. A. L. Manton, Flt.-Lt. F. S. Hodder, P./O. P. B. Coote, and P./O. N. C. Walker, three-quarter backs ; A.C.I. N. G. Williams and A.C.I. G.iV. Lansberry, half-backs; L.A.C. A. E. Simmons,. L.A.C. W. Reynolds, F./O. C. Beamish, F./O. H. A. Constantine, F./O. G. E. S. Williams, P./O. A. L. Holland, Flt.-Lt. G. R. Beamish, and Flt.-Lt. B. V. Reynolds, forwards. 85
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