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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 5, 1932 THE ROYAi^MR FORCE London Gazette, January 26, 1932. General Duties Branch The follg. are granted short service comms. as Pilot Officers for four years on active list with effect from and with seny. of Jan. 12:— A. McD Bowman A. J. Draper, J. G. Glen, A. D. Grace, R. A. R. Rae. The follg. Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer :—D. B. D. Field (Tan. 26) • N C M Styche (Jan. 27). Squadron Leader W. A. Coryton, M.V.O. 'D F C is restored to full pay from half pay (Jan. 18) ; Pilot Officer W. F. C. Hobson is placed on half-pay list, Scale B, from Jan. 18 to Feb. 2 inclusive ; Flight Lieut. H. G. Cook, D.S.M., is placed on retired list on account of ill-health (Jan. 18) ; the short service column, ol Pilot Officer on probation W C Le Page is terminated on cessation of duty (Jan. 20). Stores Branch The follg. Flying Officers on probation are confirmed in rank :—W Eccles F. B. C. Fundrey, I. Lloyd, P. S. Stewart (Jan. 5) ; J. T. Brown (Jan. 7) ' Erratum.—Gazette Jan. 19 (FLIGHT, Jan. 29, 1932, p. 103).—Grant of permanent commissions in the Stores Branch. For Tan 8 1931 read Jan. 8, 1932. PRINCESS MARY'S ROYAL AIR FORCE NURSING SERVICE The follg. are appointed to the permanent service (Tan. 1) :—SISTER .Miss J. W. Rogers. STAFF NURSES.—Miss E. K. Wright, Miss E. Gibson Miss E. M. Marfleet, Miss A. M. Williamson, Miss G. K. Johnston, Miss E. V. Lamb. ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch r.h<Lfo'ig;.FlyinB Officers relinquish their commns. on completion of service : —N. S. McConnell (Sept. 18, 1931) ; T. P. Isaac (Nov. 27, 1931). Medical Branch Flight Lieut. J. W. Harper, M.D., relinquishes his commit, on completion of service and is permitted to retain his rank (Dec. 14, 1931). SPECIAL RESERVE General Duties Branch T>-iPll°^i?fficer C' C' EUis is Promoted to raQk of Flying Officer (Dec. 9, 1931) : Pilot Officer M. Dawnay relinquishes his commn. on appointment to a Flight Cadetship in the R.A.F. (Jan. 14). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE Medical Branch No. 600 (CITV OF LONDON) (BOMBER) SQUADRON. H. W. Walter M.D B.S., is granted a commn. as a Flying Officer (Dec. 112, 1931). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Wing Commanders: B. L. Huskisson, D.S.C., to R.A.F. Depot Uxbridge, whilst attending course at the R.N. Staff College, Greenwich 12.1 32 L L. Maclean to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 14.12.31. Squadron Leaders: A. H. Wann, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot, 4.1.32. F. H. Laurence, M.C., to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Apprentices), Halton 15.1 32 E. I. Bussell, to Air Ministry (D. of T.), 15.1.32. R. H. Hanmer MC to No. 43 Sqdn., Tangmere, 13.1.32. Flight Lieutenants : A. F. Lang, M.B.E., to R.A.F. Base, Calshot, 4.1.32. W. E. Swann, to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Apprentices), Halton, 18.1.32 H. A. Purvis, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 18.1.32. L. W. Jarvis, to Adminis trative Wing, Halton, 11.1.32. H. S. Broughall, M.C., D.F.C., to No 22 Sqdn., Martlesham Heath, 8.1.32. P. J. Bett, to No. 500 Sqdn. Manston 11.1.32. E. S. Moulton-Barrett, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot, 11.1.32. H. M. Whittle, to Marine Aircraft Experimental Estab., Felixstowe, 7.1.32. Flying Officers : G. J. C. Paul, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 14.1.32. H. Ken- to R.A.F. Training Base, Leuchars, 7.1.32. J. E. Allen, K. F. T. Pickles' T. B. Cooper, E. M. Gurney, D. McC. Gordon, J. C. F. Peacock, all to R.A F Base, Calshot, 4.1.32. F. R. Worthington and W. H. Hutton, to R.A F Base, Caishot, 5.1.32. J. C. K. Rogers, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot, 14.1.32. R. C. Field, to School of Photography, S. Farnborough, 5.1.32. L. S Cundell, to No. 2 Sqdn., Manston, 11.1.32. I. N. Roome, to R.A.F. Depot Uxbridge, 28.11.31. G. R. A. Elsmie, to No. 601 Sqdn., Hendon 8.1.32. H H Flight Cadetships for Aircraft Apprentices. The " Lord Wakefield " Scholarship Awards THE Air Ministry announces :—Aircraft Apprentices C. C. Francis and A. T. D. Sanders from No. 1 School of Technical Training (Apprentices), Halton, and Aircraft Apprentice G. Thripp from the Electrical and Wireless School, Cranwell, have been selected for cadetships at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, on the result of the examinations held on completion of fc 'r three years' training as aircraft apprentices. The " Lord Wakefield " Scholarships, valued at £75 each, have been awarded to Flight Cadet P. H. Agard Butler (on the result of the recent competitive examination for entry into the Royal Air Force College) and to Flight Cadet C. C. Francis and the " Hyde Thomson " Memorial Prize, valued at about £33, to Flight Cadet G. Thripp. Imperial Defence College. THE following officers have completed satisfactorily a course at the Imperial Defence College, which terminated on December 18, 1931 :—Group »«a?.t.am P- C- Maltby, D.S'.O., A.F.C., p.s.a. ; Wing Commauder W. A. McClaughry, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., p.s.a.; Wing Commander D. G. Donald, U.F.C., A.F.C., p.s.a.; Wing Commander F. H. M. Mavnard, A.F.C., p.s.a. ; squadron Leader J. J. Breen, p.s.a. N°" UMT Dcfence Group and Southern Office, A.I.D. HEADQUARTERS, No. 1 Air Defence Group, at present occupying premises *' Sloane Square and King's Road, Chelsea, will be moved on March 23, 1932, to 33-34, Tavistock Place, which was vacated by Headquarters, Coastal Area, on January 18, 1932. Southern Office, A.I.D., which now occupies premises at 3 and 4, Clement's 10^0 ** moved to 33-34, Tavistock Place, as soon as possible after April 1, 1SJ-. The exact date of the move will be promulgated later. ROYAL AIR FORCE—AIRCRAFT APPRENTICES. Vacancies for Boys of Good Education. rhe Air Ministry announces :—Two hundred and fiftv aircraft apprentices, between the ages of 15 and 17, are required bv the Roval Air Force, for entry n oie ?clloo,s of technical training at Halton, Bucks., and at Cranwell, near Sleaford, Lines. They will be enlisted as the result of an Open Com petition* and of a Limited Competition.T and these Competitions will be held in the near future by the Civil Service Commissioners and the Air Ministry, respectively. Boys in possession of an approved first school certificate may be d f "Jtted without other educational examinations. Successful candidates wui be required to complete a period of twelve years' regular Air Force service Jrom the age of 18, in addition to the training period. At the age of 30 they Pilot Officers: G. R. Brice and P. F. Foss, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot, 4.1.32. J. P. Cecil-Wright, to Marine Aircraft Experimental Estab. Felixstowe. 13.1.32. The following are posted to No. 2 Flying Training School, Digbv on appointment to permanent commns. with effect from 11 1 32 •—E K Pearce, R. G. Shaw, G. E. Valentine. The following are posted to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, on appointment to short service commns. with effect from 12.1.32:—A. McD. Bowman A J. Draper, J. G. Glen, A. D. Grace, A. R. Rae, L. V. Andrews, to No. 26'Sqdn'.. Cattenck, 11.1.32. The following Pilot Officers are all posted to No. 2 Flying Training School, Digby, with effect from 9.1.32 :—J. D. Best, R. C. M. Collard, W. J. Cox F. W. Dixon-Wright, P. I. Harris, W. P. Harvey, E. V. Knowles, T. F. U. Lang, H. B. Leggatt, G. R. Murphy, R. S. Ryan, W. S. P. Simonds, A. W. Sweeney, J. R. Talbot, A. J. Warford-Mein, A. P. S. Wills, G. P. Woodhouse, P. E. Woollcombe-Adams. Stores Branch Wing Commander G. F. M. Williams, to Air Ministry (D. of E.), for Stores Staff Duties, 8.1.32. Flying Officer A. Wall, to H.Q., R.A.F., Cranwell, 8.1.32. Pilot Officers: The following are posted to H.Q., R.A.F., Cranwell, on appointment to permanent commns., on probation, with effect from 8.1.32 :— E. G. Ambridge, J. H. Barnes, C. F. Harrington, A. R. Morton, S. W. Needham and K. N. Smith. E H may return to civil life, or upon attaining N.C.O. rank, and subject to Service requirements, may be permitted to re-engage to complete time for pension. Full information regarding the dates of the respective examinations, the methods of entry and the aircraft apprentice scheme generally, can be obtained upon application to the Secretary, Air Ministry (Aircraft Apprentices' Department), GWydyr House, Whitehall, London, S.W.I. The sons of officers, warrant officers and senior N.C.O.'s of the three services will receive special consideration. The scheme offers a good opportunity to well-educated boys of obtaining a three-years' apprentice course of a high standard and of following an interest ing technical career. Already 8,000 aircraft apprentices have completed their training at the technical schools of the Royal Air Force. The principal trades open to boys are metal rigger, a new trade brought into existence by the introduction of the metal aeroplane, which involves training in both fitting and sheet metal work; fitter (aero engine) ; fitter (armourer) ; wireless operator-mechanic ; and electrician. The apprentices are given a thorough training in their trade by highly qualified technical instructors and their general education is also carried on simultaneously by a staff of graduate teachers. During the training period the present rate of pay is Is. a day for the first two years and Is. 6d. a day thereafter until the apprentice has both attained the age of 18 and been posted to a unit on completing his training. When he is posted to a unit for duty as an aircraftsman, the commencing rate of pay at present varies from 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. a day (24s. 6d. to 38s. 6d. a week), according to the marks obtained in the passing-out examination. He also receives free board and lodging and a uniform allowance. Subsequently there is the prospect of promotion on passing certain prescribed tests. A few apprentices of special promise are granted free cadetships at the Royal Air Force College for training for Commissioned rank. For the remainder, opportunities arise later to volunteer to qualify in flying and become airman pilots. Between 100 and 120 of the latter are selected annually from volunteers of all trades. From amongst airman pilots a few are periodically selected for commissioned rank. Press Section, Air Ministry, January 25, 1932. * The Open Competition is conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners at the following centres :—• London. Belfast. Edinburgh. Plymouth. Birmingham. Chatham. Cardiff. Portsmouth. t The Limited Competition is conducted at numerous centres selected by the various Local Education Authorities to bring the examination as near as possible to the neighbourhood in which their candidates reside. 123
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