FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1932
1932 - 0875.PDF
FLIGHT, AUGUST 26, 1932 THE RGYAIBMR FORCE London Gazette, August 16, 1932. General Duties Branch The following Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer :— D. M. Lvnch-Staunton (January 11) ; J. P. Cecil-Wright (June 20) ; H. G. Blair (June 29) ; F. C. Seavill (July 29). Sqdn.-Ldr. A. H. Wann is placed on half-pay list, Scale A, from August 7 to August 18, inclusive :—Sqdr.-Ldr. P. Huskinson, M.C., is placed on half-pay list, Scale B, from August 10 to August 21, inclusive ; Ft. Lt. J. F. Titmas is placed on half-pay list, Scale A (August 8) ; Lt. W. S. North, R.M., F/O., R.A.F., ceases to be attached to R.A.F. with effect from July 12, on return to duty with the Royal Marines, and is re-attached to R.A.F. as a Flying Officer with effect from July 18 and with seny. of January 12, 1930 ; F/O. F. P. Hewitt is placed on retired list at his own request (August 17) ; Ft. Lt. G. H. Walker is transferred to Reserve, Class A (August 17). ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch E. A. Williams is granted a commn. in Class AA (ii) as Pilot Officer (July 29) ; N. S. T. Benson is granted a commn. in Class AA (ii) as Pilot Officer on probation (August 3) ; Flight Lieutenant C. R. Vaughan is transferred from Class A to Class C (August 12) ; F/O. H. A. Howes is transferred from Class C to Class A (June 5, 1931). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 608 (NORTH RIDING) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—Pilot Officer G. H. Ambler is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (August 7). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Fore* are notified :— General Duties Branch Wing Commander.—J. O. Andrews, D.S.O., M.C., to No. 209 Sqdn., Mount Batten, 10.8.32, to command vice Sqdn. Ldr. J. H. O. Jones. Squadron Leader.—E. B. C. Betts, D.C.S., D.F.C., to H.Q. Wessex Bombing Area, Andover, 8.8.32, for Air Staff duties, vice Sqdn. Ldr. J. J. Green. Flight''Lieutenants.—E. B. Steedman to Cambridge University Air Sqdn., 5.8.32. G. E. Campbell, D.F.M., to Aeroplane and Armanent Experimental Estab., Martlesham Heath, 5.8.32. A. Allen to Marine Aircraft Experimental Estab., Felixstowe, 5.8.32. J. D. F. Bruce to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 5.8.32. W. L. Freebody to R.A.F. Reception Depot, West Drayton, 5.8.32, H. Waring to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 5.8.32. F. C. Rowland, to R.A.F. Storage Section, Cardington, 8.8.32. C. C. Bazell, to Elec. & Wireless Sch.. Cranwell, 11.8.32. H. W. Taylor, to No. 33 Sqdn., Bicester, 8.8.32. Flying Officers.—H. G. Wisher to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Apprentices) Halton, 5.8.32. G. F. Simond to Experimental Section, Roval Aircraft Estab., S. Farnborough, 5,8.32. P. F. G. Bradley to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 5.8.32. J. F. X. McKenna to Experimental Section, Royal Aircraft Estab., S. Farnborough, 5.8.32. L. V. Bennett, to R.A.F, Training Base, Leuchars, 5.8.32. Stores Branch Wing Commander.—W. C. Clark, to H.Q., Wessex Bombing Area, Andover, 8.8.32, for Stores Staff duties. R.A.F. Intelligence THE Air Minister announces : —An adequate intelli gence organisation is an important factor in the general scheme of air control in those Eastern countries for whose defence the Royal Air Force is responsible, and it is neces sary to maintain a constant flow of officers with a know ledge of Middle Eastern languages and experience of intelli gence work in order to meet staff requirements in time of war. To secure these ends the following policy has been laid down in regard to the provision and training of officers for this type of duty. Junior posts.—About half the posts for flight lieutenants (air staff intelligence) on the strength of the headquarters of the Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan, Middle East and Aden commands will be filled by permanent officers, and the remainder by officers specially appointed on the supplementary list or seconded from the Army for this type of work only. In principle, all officers actually performing staff duty at headquarters will be permanent officers, and a proportion of the officers employed on special service duty away from headquarters will also be permanent officers. Training.—Two permanent officers of the rank of flight lieutenant or flying officer will be selected and sent each year to Iraq to study a Middle Eastern language—Arabic or Kurdish at the discretion of the A.O.C.—for a period of one year or until they pass the preliminary examination. Subsequent employment.—On conclusion of training, officers will be posted for a further two years' duty as intelligence officers in Iraq, Aden, Palestine, Transjordan or the Sudan. Towards the end of this period they should be able to pass the interpretership examination and receive the prescribed awards of £60 for qualification as a 1st class interpreter or £30 for qualifi cation as a 2nd class interpreter and gain an antedate for promotion. Officers who have rendered satisfactory service in intelligence duties will receive special consideration when selection of officers to undergo the Staff College Course is being made, and the opportunity, therefore, of gaining a further antedate for promotion. Higher intelli gence posts.—Higher intelligence posts in the rank of squadron leader and wing commander will as a rule be filled by permanent officers who have completed a tour of duty in a junior intelligence post, have qualified at the Squadron Leaders.—A.. J. M. Ross, M.B.E., to R.A.F. Storage Section, Peterborough, 8.8.32, for Stores duties. W. G. M. Nicholl, to H.Q., R.A F , Halton, 8.8.32, for Stores duties, vice S./Ldr. W. J. King. R. A. Young to Air Ministry, Dept, of A.M.S.R. (D. of E.) 8.8.32, for Stores Staff duties vice W./Cdr. W. C. Clark. Flying Officers.—F. B. C. Fundrey to No. 1 Stores Depot, Kidbrooke 5.8.32. M. W. Keey, to Station H.Q., Upavon, 8.8.32. C. J. Nobbs, to H.Q., R.A.F., Middle East, Cairo, 25.7.32. Dental Branch Flying Officer.—D. I. Malcomson, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 8.8.32. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments have been made by the Admiralty :— Commr. (Flight Lieut. R.A.F.).—R. St. A. Malleson, A.F.C., to President for Naval Air Division (September 5). Lieut.-Commrs. (Flight Lieuts., R.A.F.).—R. A. Peyton, to Courageous for 446 Flight, in command (August 26) ; and H. L. St. J. Fancourt, to Victory, for R.A.F. Base, Gosport (September 12), and to Furious for 449 Flight, in command (September 19). Lieuts. (Flying Officers, R.A.F.).—H. M. King, to Furious (August 15). C. R. V. Pugh, to Norfolk, and for 443 Flight (August 22) ; and E. O. F. Price to Courageous, and for 446 Flight (August 27). m ® m Staff College, and have again become due for service abroad. Napier Trophy for Bomber Squadron No. 45 (BOMBER) SQUADRON, which last year flew a greater number of hours than any other unit in the R.A.F., has been presented with a silver model of the Napier Lion engine, with which its Fairey III.F. aero planes are fitted. This will serve as a trophy for compe tition annually between the flights of the squadron. The model, mounted on an ebony plinth and suitably inscribed, was presented by Sir Harold Snagge, chairman of the Napier Company, to Sqd. Ldr. F. J. Vincent, who was the commanding officer of the squadron up to a few months ago. lt is to be retained by the squadron, which is at present stationed at Helwan. The Northamptons Fly Back to Egypt IN June the 1st Battn. the Northamptonshire Regi ment, 14 officers and 534 men, were hurried by air from Egypt to Iraq to take over the duty of guarding aero dromes from the Iraqi troops who had disbanded. They were taken north in 18 " Victorias " (Napier Lions) of Nos. 70 B.T. Squadron from Hinaidi and 216 B.T. Squadron from Heliopolis. Owing to the urgency of the move, the machines were heavily loaded, and some delay occurred in the desert. Now that the regiment has com pleted its duties in Iraq, it has been flown back to Egypt, but the move was carried out in more leisurely fashion in nine " Victorias " supplied by the same two squadrons, and the same difficulties were not experienced. The distance covered across the desert is about 1,730 miles. Move of Nos. 23 and 32 (Fighter) Squadrons to Biggin Hill STATION Headquarters and Nos. 23 and 32 (Fighter) Squadrons will move from Kenley to Biggin Hill during the last two weeks of September, completing the move by October 1, 1932. Cricket ; R.N. beats R.A.F. at Lords THE cricket match between the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force was held at Lords on August 15-16. The R.A.F. made 209 and 155, and the Navy scored 256 and 110 for 5. thus winning by five wickets. 811
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
