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1932
1932 - 0931.PDF
FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932 Some 602 B.S. Officers : (Left to right) F/O. R. B. Horstmann (Accountant Officer), P/O. E. A. Howell, P/O. D. W. Law, F/O. T. B. Smith, Fit. Lt. G. S. Hodson (Adjt.), P/O. C. M. B. Renshaw, Fit. Lt, A. D. Farquar, F/O. B. C. H. Ogilvie, Fit. Lt. A. D. McNab. (FLIGHT Photo.) southwards. But how, we would ask, could London (to say nothing of Birmingham) get on without its Scots ? Those who pore over the pages of the Air Force List (and a very profitable way it is of passing some spare time) may per haps have been surprised to see in the list of No. 12 (Bomber) Squadron the name of Fit. Lt. D. F. Mclntyre printed in italics. The solution is that the names of all A.A.F. and Special Reserve officers are so printed, and this officer really belongs to the City of Glasgow Squadron, but has been attached to No. 12 B.S. for a year. As No. 12 B.S. has long been one of the very crack squadrons of the R.A.F., the distinction is remarkable. Other officers of the squadron have attended courses on armament, range finding, wireless telegraphy, air photography, and other subjects. The second adjutant, J. Whitford, is now a squadron leader and commands No. 24 (Communication) Squadron. The establishment of the squadron is three regular officers (adjutant, assistant adjutant, and stores officer) and 25 A.A.F. officers, including the medical officer and the chaplain, 43 regular airmen and 156 A.A.F. airmen. In May, when the representatives of FLIGHT visited Ren frew, the squadron possessed 15 fully-trained General Duties officers and one officer training for his " A " licence. The airmen were up to establishment. Of course, it would be easy to admit more officers, for there are always plenty of applicants for commissions, but not all applicants appear likely to make officers up to the stan dard which this squadron has set itself. That standard is rightly very high. Much more is required of an officer than mere ability to pilot a " Wapiti." He must, for example, be able to command men ; and to command Auxiliaries requires different qualities than are called for in commanding regulars. It is a simple matter to give an order to a man who is bound by law to obey it; though even in the regular Services some officers are able to get more out of their men than others can do. When com manding unpaid volunteers, greater tact is called for; though even then an order must be an order and not a request. Special responsibilities devolve on the flight com manders, for to them are entrusted pretty well all the details of running their flights and keeping their machines and engines serviceable. The officers of the Renfrew squadron come from all sorts of professions. Naturally, the profes sion of chartered accountant is represented. Not long ago a learned and (?) witty judge, in an English court, remarked that it was possible to be a Scotsman and not a chartered accountant, but it was imusual. There are stockbrokers, business men, a bleacher, an official of the firm of Babcock & Wilcox, to say nothing of the M.P. : %j^B8» m THE HUCKS STARTER : About to start a " Jupiter " in one of the squadron's " Wapitis." (FLIGHT Photo.) 867
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