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1932
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FLIGHT, DECEMBER 1, 1932 THE ROYAiilMR FORCE London Gazette, November 22, 1932. General Duties Branch Pilot Officer on probation R. H. Maw is confirmed in rank (Oct. 1) ; Pilot Officer A. M. Rodgers is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (March 26) ; Flight Lieut. J. F. Titmas is placed on half-pay list, Scale A, from Aug. 8 to Oct. 23 inclusive and from Oct. 26 to Nov. 5 inclusive (substituted for Gazette, Aug. 16) ; Lt. A. G. Poe, R.iV., Flying Officer R.A.F., ceases to be attached to R.A.F. on return to nav, 1 duty (Nov. 15). The short service commn. of Pilot Officer on probation H. D. Parsons-Smith is terminated on cessation of duty (Nov. 23). Th^ short service commn. of Acting Pilot Officer on probation, R. C. Beaven is terminated on cessation of duty (Nov. 23). ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch N. Richardson (Lt. R.N.R.) is granted a commn. in Class A.A. (i) as a Pilot Officer on probation (Nov. 10). The following Flight Lieutenants are transferred from Class A to Class C :—G. I. Thomson, D.F.C. (Aug. 4); A. D' McDowall (Oct. 2) ; W. G. Nicholls (Nov. 18). The following Flying Officers relinquish their commns. on account of ill- health (Nov. 23) :—L. G. Brazier, F. B. Young. Flying Officer (Hon. Flight Lieutenant) D. S. Cairns (Captain, Rifle Brigade, R.A.R.O.) relinquishes his commn. on completion of service and is permitted to retain rank of Flight Lieutenant (July 8). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 603 (CITY OF EDINBURGH) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—Flying Officer T. M. McNeil is promoted to rank of Flight Lieutenant (Oct. 25). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Wing Commander G. H. Bowman, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., to Experimental Section, Roval Aircraft Estabt., S. Farnborough, 15.11.32, for Flying duties, vice Sqd.-Ldr. W. S. Caster, M.C. Squadron Leaders : A. S. Maskell to No. 99 (B) Sqdn., Upper Heyford, 13.11.32, for Flying duties. L. H. Cockey, to No. 14 (B) Sqdn., Amman, 29.10.32, to Command, vice Sqd.-Ldr. F. O. Soden, D.F.C. F. O. Soden, D.*F.C, to H.Q., Transjordan and Palestine, Jerusalem, 1.11.32, for Air Staff duties, vice Sqd.-Ldr. F. W. Walker, D.S.C., A.F.C. E. J. D. Townesend, to Air Ministry, Dept of A.M.S.R. (D.D.R.M.), 15.11.32, for Engineer Staff duties. C. W. Hill, to H.M.S. Glorious, 16.11.32, for Engineer duties, vice Sqd.-Ldr. H. L. Macro, D.F.C., A.F.C. Flight Lieutenants: W. J. Millen, to Station H.Q., Hinaidi, 29.10.32. R. H. Donkin, to School of Tech. Training (Men) Manston, 1.11.32. F. Woolley, O.B.E., D.F.C., to No. 100 (B) Sqdn., Donibristle, 17.11.32. Flving Officers: A. M. Watts-Read, to No. 20 (A.C.) Sqdn., Peshawar, 9.10.32. R. Mountain, to No. 22 (B) Sqdn., Martlesham Heath, 14.11.32. B. J. Hurren, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 10.11.32. R. C. H. Crosthwaite, to No. 448 (F.S.R.) Flight, 11.11.32. D. G. Morris, to No. 460 (F.T.B.) Flight, 15.11.32. Pilot Officers: P. Bathurst, to No. 47 (B) Sqdn., Khartoum, R. E. Barnett, to No. 6 (B) Sqdn., Ismailia, 1.11.32. 1.H.32. Stores Branch Squadron Leader F. H. Sims, to Home Aircraft Depot, Henlow, 14.11.32, for Stores duties. Accountant Branch Wing Commander J. L. Robertson, to H.Q., Iraq Command, Hinaidi, 29.10.32, for duty as Command Accountant, vice Wing Com. J. Rylands. Medical Branch Squadron Leader F. E. Johnson, to R.A.F., General Hospital, Hinaidi, 29.10.32, for duty as Medical Officer. Flight Lieutenants J. Parry-Evans, to R.A.F. Hospital, Aden, 21.10.32. A. R. French, to Station H.Q., Northolt, 25.11.32. Flying Officers: J. A. Kersley, to R.A.F. General Hospital, Hinaidi, 29.10.32. A. M. Weston, to No. 8 (B) Sqdn., Khormaksar, Aden, 21.10.32, Chaplains Branch Reverend H. F. Daniels, to No. 4 Flying Training School, Abu Sueir, 1.11.32, for duty as Chaplain (Methodist). Use of Private Aircraft by R.A.F. Officers in Egypt and the Sudan WITH reference to K.R. & A.C.I., para. 800, R.A.F. officers are now permitted to keep private aircraft in Egypt and the Sudan. The import of aircraft into the Sudan is controlled, however, by the Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives Ordinance, 1932. In order that arrangements may be made with the Sudan Government for the issue of the necessary import licence, officers serving in or being transferred to the Sudan, who desire to keep private aircraft there, are to apply for permission to do so, through the usual service channels, to the A.O.C., Middle East. Kenley Aerodrome DURING the period of reconstruction of the Royal Air Force Station, Kenley, normal facilities for the landing and refuelling of aircraft will not be available, and the use of the aerodrome will be restricted to emergency only. A flare path will not be available, except in special circumstances, when arrangements should be made through Headquarters, Air Defence of Great Britain. Move of School of Store Accounting and Storekeeping THE School of Store Accounting and Storekeeping will move from Kidbrooke to Cranwell, with effect from December 1, 1932. The school will continue to be a separate unit after moving to Cranwell, and will be adminis tered by the A.O.C., Cranwell, for such matters as are at present the respon sibility of the A.O.C., Inland Area. H.M.S. " Glorious "—Temporary Return to United Kingdom H.M.S. GLORIOUS arrived at Devonport from Malta on November 10, 1932, to undergo short refit. No. 405 (F.F.) Flight and No. 460 (T.B.) Flight were ordered to return in H.M.S. Glorious and disembark on arrival. The date of the return of H.M.S. Glorious to Malta will be published later. The R.A.F. Staff College THE following officers have been nominated by their respective Dominion Air Boards to attend the eleventh course at the R.A.F. Staff College, beginning January 23, 1933 :—Royal Australian Air Force : Flight Lieutenant E. C. Wackett, Flight Lieutenant J. P. J. McCauley. Royal Canadian Air Force : Flight Lieutenant A. L. Morfee, Flight Lieutenant J. L. E. A. de Niverville. No. 70 Squadron—Reunion Dinner A REUNION dinner of officers, past and present, of No. 70 Squadron will be held on Friday, December 16 next, at the R.A.F. Club, 128, Piccadilly, W.l. Particulars will be furnished on application to the Honorary Secretary, Captain C. D. Griffiths, c/o R.A.F. Club. COMPRESSION-IGNITION : Two views of the Rolls- Royce " Condor " installed in a Hawker " Horsley." Test flights are about to commence. (R.A.F. Official Photographs, Crown Copyright.) 1159
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