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1932
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FLIGHT, APRIL 29, 1932 THE ROYAJftMR FORCE London Gazette, General Duties Branch April 19, 1932. H. D. Parsons-Smith is granted a short-service commn. as Pilot Officer on probation, with effect from and with seny. of March 28. The follg. are granted permanent commns. as Pilot Officers on probation with effect from and with seny. of April 8 :—363901 Sergeant D. I. Coote, 364944 Sergeant A. T. Monks, 363910 Sergeant R. G. Bowditch. Lt.-Cdr. G. F. Renwick, R.N., is re-attached to R.A.F. as Flying Officer With effect from April 4, and with seny. of Jan. 12, 1925; Lt.-Cdr. R. R. Graham, R.N., is re-attached to R.A.F. as Flight Lieut, with effect from April 8, and with seny. of July 1, 1928. The follg. Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer :—A. C. Drew (Feb. 28) ; A. H. Garland, A. H. Hole, D. H. Marsack, F. G. Mason, M. A. Pavn (March 12) ; G. R. Canavan (April 10). Wing Commander C. H. Elliott-Smith, A.F.C., is placed on half-pay list, Scale A, from April 9 to April 10, both dates inclusive (substituted for Gazette April 5) ; Flight Lieut. H. E. Forrow is seconded for duty under Iraq Government (April 1) ; Flight Lieut. A. S. Cheshire, M.B.E., is placed on retired list (April 15) ; Flying Officer Lord M. A. Douglas-Hamilton resigns his permanent commn. (April 20). Medical Branch Group Captain H. W. Scott, M.B., B.Ch., M.R.C.S. on retired list on account of ill-health (April 15). L.R.C.P., is placed Chaplains Branch The Rev. H. F. Daniels, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (T.A.), is granted a short service commn. as Chaplain (Wesleyan), with relative rank of Sqdn.- Ldr. (April 12). Memorandum The permission granted to Lt. J. R. Preece to retain his rank is withdrawn on his conviction by the Civil Power (Feb. 26). ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch J. T. Percy is granted a commn. in Class AA (i) as Pilot Officer on probation (March 12) ; Flight Lieut. S. J. Stocks is transferred from Class A to Class C (Nov. 5, 1931) (substituted for Gazette March 29) ; Flying Officer W. R. Bailey is transferred from Class AA (i) to Class C (Oct. 4, 1931) ; Flying Officer G. B. Rahr is transferred from Class AA (ii) to Class C (April 9) ; Flying Officer R. H. Bibby relinquishes his commn. on completion of service (April 15) ; the notification in Gazette of Feb. 16 concerning Flying Officer G. E. Klein is cancelled. AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 605 (COUNTY OF WARWICK) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—Pilot Officer R. P. Gibb resigns his commn. (Aug. 7, 1930). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— , Group Captain : W. C Hicks, A.F.C., to Station H.Q., Upper Heyford, 12.4.32, to Command vice Group Capt. G. I. Carmichael, D.S.O., A.F.C. Squadron Leader : W. Underhill, D.S.C., to Air Ministry (D.T.D.), 14.4.32, for Navigational Instrument duties vice Commander F. N. Miles, O.B.E.,R.N. Flight- Lieutenants : C. A. B. B. Wilcock, to R.A.F. Record Office, Ruislip, 9.4.32. J. F.iClark. to Central Flving Sch., Wittering, 1.4.32. H. F. Bradley, to Station H.Q., Boscombe Down, 9.4.32. A. D. H. Foster, to Station H.Q., Kenley, 12.4.32. J. H. McN. Campbell, to No. 210 (FB) Sqdn., Pembroke Dock, 14.4.32. Flying Officers: G. F. Whistondale, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 6.4.32. H. A. G. Comerford, to No. 31 (AC) Sqdn.. Quetta, India 18.3.32. N. E. Pickford, to No. 60 (B) Sqdn., Kohat, India, 1.3.32. A. D. Jaffe, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 12.4.32. G. P. Charles, to Elec. & Wireless Sch., Cranwell, 13.4.32. A. H. Button, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 11.4.32. H. I. Dabinett, to Station H.Q., Hal Far, Malta, 15.4.32. Pilot Officers : A. T. Monks, to No. 18 (B)Sqdn., Upper Heyford, 8.4.32, on appointment to a Permanent Commn. (on probation). R. G. Bowditch, to No. 207 (B) Sqdn., Bircham Newton, 8.4.32, on appointment to a permanent commn. (on probation). D. I. Coote to No. HI (F) Sqdn., Hornchurch, 8.4.32, on appointment to a permanent commn. (on probation). J. Ramsden, to No. 55 (B) Sqdn., Hinaidi, Iraq, 24.3.32. Stores Branch Squadron Leaders : A. W. Smith, to H.Q., Air Defence of Gt. Britain, Uxbridge, 11.4.32, for Stores Staff duties vice Sq. Ldr. A. E. Sutton-Jones. A. E. Sutton-Jones to H.Q., Fighting Area, Uxbridge, 15.3,32, for Stores Staff duties, vice Sq. Ldr. F. Anderson. F. R.'Wilkins, to Air Ministry (D. of E.) 11.4.32, for Stores Staff duties, vice Sq. Ldr. A. W. Smith. Medical Branch Squadron Leader E. N. H. Gray, to Station H.Q., Boscombe Down, 11.4.32, for duty as Med. Officer. Flight Lieutenant (Hon. Sq. Ldr.) : C. A. E. I. Brownlee, to H.Q., Coastal Area, Lee-on-Solent, 8.4.32. Flight Lieutenant : A. Harvey, to Aircraft Depot, Karachi, India, 15.3.32. Chaplains Branch The Rev. H. F. Daniels is posted to No. 1 School of Tech. Training (Appren tices), Halton, on 12.4.32, for duty as Chaplain (Wesleyan) on appointment to a Short Service Commn. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments have been made by the Admiralty :— LIEUTS. (F/O., R.A.F.).—A. J. Tillard, to Courageous (Feb. 22) ; and T. P. Coode, to Courageous (Feb. 22) ; to Victory, for R.A.F. Base, Gosport (April 21) ; and to Glorious for 448 Flight. ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOT OFFR.—N. E. Morrison, to Courageous, for 450 (F.S.R.) Flight (April 15). S S S THE R.A.F. AFLOAT : As recorded in " Flight " the other week, the British Power Boat Co., of Hythe, Southampton, recently received from the Air Ministry an order for 18 motor-boat tenders for R.A.F. seaplane stations at home and overseas. These boats are now completed, and our picture shows some of them carrying out manoeuvres recently in Southampton Water. Fitted with two 100-h.p. engines, they have a speed of 30 m.p.h. They were designed by Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine, who is well known to our readers in his connections with the Supermarine Aviation Works and Imperial Airways. 385
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