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FLIGHT, JANUARY 4, 1934 THE ROY; -: •-•"-• "''.' London Gazette, December 26, I£P3 General D uties Bra tick K. 1 . WUiOCK is graniru acting ictiiK m uiuup v^ctpiciiii ti_/ec of , vviiif5 v_.c E. L. Tomkinson, D.S.O., A.F.C., ceases to be seconded as Air Adviser to the Greek Government and relinquishes the acting rank of Group Capt. (Dec. 1) ; Wing Com. E. L. Tomkinson, D.S.O., A.F.C., is placed on half-pay list, scale A (Dec. 1) ; Fit. Lt. A. E. Lindon, M.B.E., is placed on retired list (Dec. 25) ; the short service commn. of Acting P/O. on probation C. P. L. Nicholson is terminated on cessation of duty (Dec. 14). Chaplains Branch A. G. Kayll is granted a short service commn. with'the relative rank of Sqd*. Ldr. with effect from and with seniority of Dec. 11. IR FORCE ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch F/O. M. J. Creswell resigns his commn. (Dec. 10). The undermentioned Flying Officers relinquish their commns. on completion of service and are permitted to retain tjieir rank (Dec. 23) :—C. S. Clarke, T. Terrell, D.S.C. SPECIAL RESERVE General Duties Branch The undermentioned are granted commns. as Pilot Officers on probation (Dec. 27) : —F. F. Essarn, A. J. Young. AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 600 (CITY OF LONDON) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—P/O. the Hon. R. K. Frankland is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (Oct. 13). No. 602 (CITY OF GLASGOW) (BOMBER) SQIADKON.—E. V. N. Bell is granted a commn. as Pilot Officer (Dec. 1). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the RoyaPAir Forte'are notified : — General Duties Branch Wing Commander G. B. Dacre, D.S.O., to H.Q., Western Area, Andover. 18.12.33, for Personnel Staff duties. Flight Lieutenants.—H. E. Nowell. to No. 43 (F.) Sqdn., Tangmere, 14.12.33 • J. C. C. Slater, to H.M.S. Courageous, 18.12.33; F. P. Smythies, to R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, 16.12.33; E. F. Haylock, to H.Q., Iraq Command, Hinaidi, 15.12.33; F. F. Inglis, to H.Q., Iraq Command, Hinaidi, 15.12.33. Plying Officers.—B. W. E. R. Bonse\. to Elec. & Wireless School, Cranwell, 17.12.33; R. B. Councell, to Central Flying School, Wittering, 18.12.33; D. J. Eayrs, to No. 504 (County of Nottingham) (B) Sqdn., Hucknall, 15.12.33; R. C. Jonas, to Central Flying School, Wittering, 18.12.33: A. N. Luxmoore, to Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight, Biggin Hill, 15.12.33. Acting Pilot Officers—R. J. F. Craig to No. 84 (B) Sqdn., Shaibah, Iraq, 21.11.33; C. H. D. Wardrop to No. 55 (B) Sqdn., Hinaidi, Iraq,2 I.II 33- C. F. C. Wright to No. 55 (Bl Sqdn., Hinaidi, Iraq, 21.11.33. Chaplains Branch Rev. G. H. Collier, M.A., to H.Q., R.A.F., Halton, 14.12.33. for duty as Chaplain (C. of E.) vice Rev. J. R. Walkey, M.A.; Rev. C. R. Richardson to H.Q., R.A.F., Cranwell, 4.12.33, for duty as Chaplain (C. of E.) on appoint- ment to a Short Service Commn. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS v [ The following appointments have been made by the Admiralty :— Liettt.-Com.—V. W. L. Proctor, lent to R.A.F. for observer and instructional duties at School of Naval Co-operation, Lee-ou-Solent. Lieut. (Flight Lieut., R.A.F.).— C. A. N. Hooper, to Victory for R.A.F. Base, Gosport, and to Glorious (January 15). Lieuts. (Flying Officers, R.A.F.).—J. L. Hallewell, to Courageous ioT-r 821 Sqdn.; and W. J. Lucas, to Victory for R.A.F. Base. Gosport. PROMOTION Lieut. F. W. N. Bassett (Flying Officer, R.A.F.), to rank of Lieut.-Cdr. (seny. December 30, 1933). HALF-YEARLY PROMOTIONS The Air Ministry announces : The following promotions are made with effect from January 1, 1934 :— General Duties Branch Air Commodore to be Air Vice-Marshal.—Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair C.3., M.C. Group Captains to be Air Commodores.—Lawrence Arthur Pattiuson. D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., A.D.C. ; William Lawrie Welslv D.S.C., A.F.C-; John Tremayne Babington, D.S.O. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—John Sowrey, A.F.C. ; Robert Peel Willock ; Lionel Thomas Nutcombe Gould, M.C.; John Benjamin Graham, M.C., A.F.C. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—Francis William Trott, O.B.E., M.C.; Frederick George Sherriff, M.C. ; Charles Beauvoir Dalison, A.F.C. ; William Samuel Caster, M.C. ; Wilfred Henry Dunn, D.S.C. ; Charles Langston Scott, D.S.C. ; Hugh Henry MacLeod Fraser ; Meredith Thomas, D.F.C., A.F.C. Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader.—Anthony Paul Colthurst (Lt- Commander, R.N.). Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—Robert Alexander Kilroy (Lieut., R-N.) ; James Brian Buckley (Lieut.: R.N.) ; Brian Harold Maule Kendall (Lieut., R.N.) ; Richard William Wicks (Lieut., R.N.) ; Norman Kennedy (Lieut., R.N.). Stores Branch • • • '". -*' Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Nevill Ross Fuller. A ccountant Branch • Wing Commander to be Group Captain.—Herbert John Down. Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Percy Arthur Simmons. Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader.—James Haddon Burleigh Carson. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—John MacLeod Murray, Claude Frederick Goatcher, Crystal Lorimer, Edward Smith. Medical Branch Group Captains to be Air Commodores.—Alfred William Iredell, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. ; Albert Victor John Richardson, O.B.E., M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H. Transfer of R.A.F. Officers to the Reserve THE undermentioned short-service, medium-service, and non-permanent officers should note that they become due, on the dates stated, for transfer to the reserve, or (where indicated) for relinquishment of commission, on completing their period of service on the active list:— JUNE-JULY, 1934 General Duties Branch Flight Lieutenants : Henry Charles Vincent Jolle.fi, John Harry Sender (June 30) ; Patrick John Bett, William Ewart Symonds (July 8); "Geoffrey Denis Middleton, Cecil Hyatt Noble, Ardley George Pickering, A-F.C. (July 15) Flying Officers : George Edward Agard-Butler, Norman Alexander, Francis Cecil Allen, Charles Abbott Ball, Guy Bearne, Noel John Capper, Christopher Hugh Glover, Douglas Charles Harrison, Francis John Baptist Keast. Douglas Wykeham Lydall, Ian Ludwig Steel McNicol, Herbert Gerard Joseph Purcell, John Main Waddell, George Elyton Sloan Williams, Sidney Noel Wiltshire (June 28); Edmund Hamon Bellairs, Arthur Courtenay Watson, Michael Watson (July). Long Service and Good Conduct Medals—Awards THE Long Service and Good Conduct Medal has been awarded to the undermentioned airmen :— W.O.'s Bradbury, E. J., Mclntosh. L. A., Taylor, E. R. J., and Welsh, I. R., A.F.M. ; S.M.l's : Neville, M., and Taylor, G. H. ; S.M.2 : AHord. W.H.; W.O.2's : Arnold, W., Allen E. W., Best, R., Barlow, A. E., Bradburn, S. A., Cornwell, S. J., Curtis, E. F., Coe, A. W., Ebert, A. V., Gee, F. P. Hatfield, J. E., Lewis, W. A., Lucas, P. E., Lovegrove, H., Markwick, L. G. Muir, A., Phillips, L., Sheppard, F. C, Stevens, F., Thomas, H. F., Woods, J. Williams, F. ; S.M.2. : Newman, E. G.; F./SBt.'s : Ascough, C, Abraham B. I., Bailey, C. J., M.M., Burrows, B. E., Biddle, E., ChildS, K., Cowley, C. E. Clifton, A. E., Chart, J., Cliffnian, G., Fitzgerald, J. C, Fell, A., Faiers, G. W. M.M., Holden, H. E., Hammond, R. E., Holmes, W. H., Harris, C. E., Ireland E., M.M., Lawson, T. R., Oatway, A. C, Paley, E. R,, Porter, C. H. E. Sheward, S. L., Selby, E., Steadman, F. C, Savage, E., Saunders, W. C. Sharp, H. T., Smith, J., Vincent, H. E., Wicks, H. W.; Sgt.'s : Bailey, F. W. Branson, F. A., Crawley, F. T., M.M., Cooper, T., Collett, W., Champion, H. Collier, G. E., Denham, H. S., English, P. J., Hill, J. S., Jones, E., Pearsall J. E., Russell, F. J., Richardson, A. ]., Smith, D. M., Sippetts, W., Streeter, C. Talbot, R. H., Warren, E. J., Wills, F., Wright, J. S., Woodley, W. F. Whitburn, H., Walker, P. A., Young, C. J. ; Cpl.'s : Anderson, G. S., Cow lard, A.,Cheeseman, V., Clayton. W. H..Dunn, W., Graham, B.,Hawkes, J. J. Jeffries, W. H., Line, R. E.,"Moore, W. J., Miller, F., Morris, C. W. T., Mason T. E., M.M., Philp, P. C, Pearson, N., Rivett, G. H., Sproat, J. S., Scott A. B., Smith, I. I., Toal, J., Tuffield, A. A., lolley, F. M., VaUis, T. H. Wilson, W. H., Womack, V.; Cpl. A./Sergt.'s : Amos, G. E., Grindey, E. A. C.G.M. ; L.A.C. : Rudd, A. Trade in China A REPORT by Messrs. Louis Beale, commercial counsel- lors at Shanghai and G. Clinton Pelham, commercial secre- tary at Hong Kong, on the Trade and Economic Condi- tions in China during the years 1931-33, has been published by the Department of Overseas Trade. A paragraph in it states that " It would appear probable that the United Kingdom's share of China's trade in all but capital goods will decline." Among the goods which this report states will be required by China during the coming year is aircraft. , .•,._... . Air exercises statistics ^ STATISTICS just published show that during the last four years' Air Exercises nearly 10,000 hours' flying have been done, representing well over a million miles. Flying has been carried on by day and by night in all kinds of weather. About 1,500 engines have been involved and there has not been a single serious accident. 21
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