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FLIGHT, DECEMBER 7, 1933 THE RGYASBMR FORCE London Gazette, November 28, 1933 General Duties Branch P/0. R. G. S. Morgan-Smith is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (April 10 ; F/0. W. H. E. Tew is transferred to Reserve, Class A (Nov. 25) ; the short service commn, of Acting Pilot Officer on probation D. G. S. Cotter is ter minated on cessation of duty (Nov. 29 . Chaplain,- Branch The Rev. C. D. Fay is granted a short service commn. as Chaplain Roman Catholic) with the relative rank of Sqdn. Ldr. (Nov. 9). Errata Gazette of Oct. 3, FLIGHT, Oct. 12, 1933, p. 1037), for John Gyll Murray read John Edwin Campbell Gascoigne Flemyng Gyll-Murray ; for William Anthony Igoe read William Anthony Kevin Igoe. ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch The follg. Flying Officers are transferred from class A to class C : R. Hood (Oct. 24 ; B. A. Davy (Oct. 30) ; L. C. L. Murray (Nov. 11). F/0. R. Hall is transferred from class C to class li (Oct. 24). SPECIAL RESERVE General Dalits Branch J. A. C. Warren is granted a commn. as Pilot Officer on probation (Nov. 291. AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 6t)l (COUNTY OF LONLOX) (BOMBKK) SQUADRON.—F/O. 1. A. Murray relinquishes his commn. on completion of service (July 17). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE RESERVE OF OFFICERS Ger.eral Duties Branch I. A. Murray is granted a commn. as Flying Officer in class A (Nov. 9V ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Wing Commanders : E. Osmond, C.B.E., to H.Q., Fighting Area, Uxbridge, 20.11.33, for duty as Sen. Equipment Stall Officer, vice Wing. Com. W. H. Dolphin. A. A. B. Thomson, M.C., A.F.C., to No. 7 (B.) Sqdn., Worthy Down, 1.11.33, to Command, vice Wing-Corn. A. L. Gregory, M.B.E., M.C. Squadron Leaders: C. Boumphrey, D.F.C., to No. 1 School of Tech. Training (Apprentices), Halton, 17.11.33, for Administrative Duties in No. 2 Apprentices Wing, vice Sqd. Ldr. W. S. Caster, M.C. C. S. Richardson, M.B.E., to No. 9 (B.) Sqdn., Boscombe Down, 20.11.33, for flving duties, vice Sqd. Ldr. W. M. Yool. F. C. B. Savile to R.A.F. Base, Calshot, 15.11.33, for Flying Duties, vice Sqd. Ldr. L. G. Maxton, A.F.C. Flight Lieutenants : L. de V. Chisman to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 26.10.33. M. C. Dick, A.F.C., to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 12.11.33. E. C. Dearth to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 17.11.33. A. D. Gillmorc to Air Pilotagt School, Andover, 13.11.33. H. S. Sandiford to No. 1 Armoured Car Co., Hinaidi, 17.11.33. A. T. K. Shipwright, D.F.C., to No. 1 Armoured Car Co., Hinaidi, 17.11.33. Flying Officers: G. S. Barrett, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 15.11.33. C. E. St. J. Beamish to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 24.10.33. C. M. Champion de Crespigny to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 29.10.33. F. B. H. Hayward to Air Armament School, Eastehurch, 6.11.33. R. T. S. Morris to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 30.10.33. L. E. B. Stonhill to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 17.11.33. W. L. Houlbrook to No. 1 Armoured Car Co., Hinaidi, 17.11.33. A. V. Bax, A.F.M., to No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, 18.11.33. L. W. C. Bower to Station Flight, Duxford, 18.11.33. W. I. H. Burke, to No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, 18.11.33. P. F. Canning to No. 58 (B.) Sqdn., Worthy Down, 18.11.33. H. F. Chester to No. 3 Flying Training School. Grantham, S s The Air Force List THE December issue of the Air Force List has now been published. It can be purchased (price 2s. 6d.) from H.M. Stationery Office at the following addresses :—Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2 ; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; 2, York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square, Belfast; or through any bookseller Comrades of the Royal Air Forces . THE Lord Trenchard, President of the Comrades of the Royal Air Forces, presided at the annual dinner of the Association at the Thames House Restaurant, Millbank, on November 25, 1933. Nearly 400 members, repre sentative of all ranks, were present. Lord Trenchard congratulated the 18.11.33. R. T. P. Clarkson to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 18.11.33. D. [ Douthwaite to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 18.11.33. F. R. Drew to No. 3 Flying Training School, Grantham, 18.11.33. G. K. Fairtlough to Station Flight, Abingdon, 18.11.33. P. Heath to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 18.11.33. ]. Heber Percy to No. 3 Flying Training School, Grantham, 18.11.33. H. R. L. Hood to R.A.F. Training Base, Leuchars, 18.11.33. R. V. Mclntyre to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 18.11.33. W. N. McKechnie to No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, 18.11.33. R. C. Mead to Station Flight, Abingdon, 18.11.33. W. V. L. Spendlove to No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, 18.11.33. F. W. Stannard to No. 608 (N. Riding) (B.) Sqdn., Thornaby. 18.11.33. J. S. Tanner to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 18.11.33. J. B. Tatnall to No. 3 Flying Training School, Grantham, 18.11.33. R. E. de T. Vintras to No. 5 Flving Training School, Sealand, 18.11.33. R. L. Wahace to R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 18.11.33. G. Burdick to No. 19 (F.) Sqdn., Duxford, 17.11.33. L. R. S. Freestone to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 29.10.33. D. W. Lucke to No. 500 (County of Kent) (B.) Sqdn., Manston, 20.11.33. A. N. Luxmoore to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 30.10.33. G. P. Marvin to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 16.10.33. A. W. S. Matheson to R.A.F. Base. Gosport, 20.11.33. P. H. Maxwell to Air Armament School, Eastchurch, 20.10.33. Pilot Officer: R. L. Bradford to No. 1 Armoured Car Co., Hinaidi, 17.11.33. Medical Branch Squadron Leader: L. P. McCuIlagh to Station H.Q., Bircham Newton, 24.11.33, for duty as Medical Officer. Chaplains Branch Rev. C. D. Fay to R.A.F. Depot, Middle East, Aboukir, 9.11.33, for duty as Chaplain (R.C.) on appointment to a Short Service Commn. organisation on its vitality and progress. Other speakers included Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward L. Ellington, Chief of the Air Staff ; Air Vice-Marshal F. W. Bowhill, Air Member of Council for Personnel ; and Air Commodore B. C. H. Drew, Chairman of the Association. R.A.F. Medical and Dental Services Dinner THE twelfth annual dinner of the Royal Air Force Medical and Denial Services will be held at the Royal Air Force Club at 7.30 p.m. for 8 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 1933. Tickets, 10s. 6rf. each, exclusive of wines, may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary, Sqd. Ldr. R. Boog-Watsou, Directorate of Medical Services, Air Ministry, 5-6, Clement's Inn, W.C.2. The sign of the dove ACCORDING to a report, all civilian German airmen will in future wear a uniform designed by Gen. Goering, the Reich Commissioner for Aviation. Variable pitch airscrews AT last European aircraft operators are investigating the claims which have been advanced for variable pitch airscrews. The Ratier Company is experimenting with several new types. Their " 945 " type is adjustable in night by means of an electric servo motor. Air France has ordered three Smith v.p. airscrews for experimental pur poses, and Deutsche Luft Hansa is testing the " Savoia " type. This latter airscrew has been tested by Deutsche Versuchsanstalt fur Luftfahrt, at powers twice as great as those of the engines for which it designed. The yereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, of Heddernheim, is also investigating the problems of variable pitch airscrews. Health of the R.A.F. THE report on the health of the Royal Air Force for the year 1932 has just been published. From the figures recorded it is clear that as regard to health the R.A.F. nave had a record year. The average strength of the total force during 1932 was 31,877 and the total number of cases of sickness (inclusive of admissions to hospitals and SJ ck quarters and cases of less than 48 hours' duration) was 20.159. which gives a case incidence of 632.4 per 1,000 of strength. The case incidence for the year 1931 was 681.2 per 1,000 of strength. The total number of admissions to hospitals and sick quarters during the year 1932 was 12,710, representing an incidence of 398.7 per 1,000. This incidence rate for 1932 shows a reduction of 34.5 per 1,000 of the strength for the year 1931. There were 115 deaths in the R.A.F. during the year under survey, com pared with 143 deaths recorded for the previous year. Of the 115 deaths, 49 occurred to officers, 5 to aircraft apprentices and 61 to other airmen. 32 officers lost their lives through flying accidents, two not on duty, and 17 air men lost their lives through flying accidents. In the Reserve, 130 candidates were examined at the Central Medical Establishment out of which number 95 were accepted as medically fit. Scientific and industrial research MR. BALDWIN stated in the House of Commons on November 28 that the cost of work carried out by the Department of Scientific Research on behalf of the War Office, Admiralty and Air Ministry for the last three years was, to March 31, 1931, £38,734 ; 1932, £39,174, and 1933, £39,793. These sums were recovered from the departments concerned, and 80 per cent, had been recovered from the Air Ministry. 1249
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