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FLIGHT, APRIL 19, 1984 THE ROY London Gazette, April 1(1, 1934. General Duties Branch Air Commodore C. L. Courtney, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., is appointed Directorof Staff Duties, Air Ministry (April 3) ; Group Capt. A. W. Tedder is appointed Director of Training, Air Ministry (April 4) ; Pilot Officer on probationD. W. H. Gardner is confirmed in rank (March 27). The follg. Acting Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in rank andgraded as Pilot Officers (March 3) :—P. H. Dunn, D. N. J. P. Leggett, R. H. S. McConnell, P. A. McWhannell, H. M. T. Neugebauer, J. C. NortheyiF. Rump, J. B. P. Thomas, H. M. W. Thomas-Ferrand, G. T. Toland, J. E] Townsend. Acting Pilot Officer on probation E. H. Wheelwright is graded as PilotOfficer on probation with effect from Oct. 6, 1933, and with seny of Aug. 25, 1933. (Substituted for Gazette, Oct. 24, 1933) : Fit. Lt. L. T.Carruthers is dismissed the Service by sentence of General Court Martial (April 5). IR FORCE Medical BranchFit. Lt. T. V. O'Brien, M.B., Ch.B., is promoted to rank of Squadron Leader (Jan. 1) ; F/O. W. Hall, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., is promoted torank of Flight Lieutenant (March 27). Dental BranchF/O. V. H. Weeks, L.D.S., is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant (April 5). ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVESPECIAL RESERVE General Duties BranchP/O. T. R. Vickers is confirmed in rank (Feb. 15). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Ditties Branch No. 601 (COUNTY OF LONDON) (BOMBER) SO,UAI>RON.—P. R. Foley isgranted a commn. as Pilot Officer (March 2f)). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force arenotified :— General Duties Branch Squadron Leaders : H. S. Kerby, D.S.C., A.F.C., to No. 504 (County ofNottingham) (B) Sqdn., Hucknall, 4.4.34, to Command, vice S/Ldr. C. T. Anderson, D.F.C. G. T. Richardson to No. 32 (F) Sqdn., Biggin Hill,26.3.34, to Command, vice S/Ldr. D. L. Blackford. Flight Lieutenant J. E. M. Bainbridge, to No. 209 (F.B.) Sqdn., MountBatten, 19.3.34. Flying Officers : C. M. Champion de Crespigny, to No. 1 Armament Training:Camp, Catfoss, 28.2.24. L. R. S. Freestone, to No. 3 Armament Training Camp, Sutton Bridge, 1.3.34. G. E. Sampson, to No. 201 (F.B.) Sqdn.,Calshot, 19.3.34. F. G. L. Smith, to Station H.Q., Donibristle, 29.3.34. Pilot Officers: M. D. Thunder, to No. 209 (F.B.) Sqdn., Mount Batten,19.3.34. The following Acting Pilot Officers are posted for flying training on 3.4.34 :—To No. 3 Flying Training School, Grantham :—R. M. Atkin,J. B. Black, J. B. Brolly, D. H. Clinch, F. K. N. Cresswell, H. L. Dawson, A. H. Donaldson, J. Duncan, P. F. Handcock. W. H. Kearney, L. M. Laws,K. N. Lees, R. B. Middleton, B. G. Morris, A. D. Murray, R.' J. C. Nedwill, J. S. O'Brien, G. V. M. O'Reilly, J. Pilling, F. H. Roberts, L. W. Saben,A. W. Simons, J. A. Sutherland, ]. E. Thornton, R. N. J. White, H. de C. A. Woodhouse. To No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand :—E. R. Bitmead,R. J. B. Burns, D. O'C. Byng-Hall, D. E. Cattell, R. C. Crawford, C. I. S. Dickins, C. A. H. Evans, P. Fleming, H. Georgeson, A. J. Guthrie, E. G.Hall, J. D. C. Joslin, J. H. Kitson, A. R. Leggate, W. C. A. Lodge, R. C. Meares, D. J. North-Bonford, G. S. A. Parnaby, G. I. Pawson, L. H. PomeroyP. H. R. Saunders, H. M. Starr, J. M. Thompson, K. A. Verdon-Roe, R. D. G. Wight, I. S. Williams. Medical Brunch Flying Officer V. D'A Blackburn, to Med. Training Depot, Halton, 2.2.34,on appointment to a Short-Service Commn. Comrades of the Royal Air Force : Prince of Wales becomes PatronH.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, who holds the rank of Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force and is also Hon. Air Commodore in Chief of the AuxiliaryAir Force, has graciously consented to be the patron of the " Comrades of the Royal Air Force." The Association which exists to foster a spirit ofcomradeship among the past and present members of the Air Services was given official recognition by the Air Council last year. Its President isMarshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Trenchard, G.C.B., D.S.O., D.C.L., LL.D.Zeebrugge-Ostend Reunion Dinner ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR ROGER J. B. KEYES, Bt., G.C.B., K.C.V.O.,C.M.G., D.S.O., M.P., will preside at the Zeebrugge-Ostend annual reunion dinner to be held at the May Fair Hotel, Berkeley Square, W.I, on Monday,April 23, 1934. Notices have been posted to all officers (whose addresses are known) who took part in the operations of April 23 and May 10, 1918.Any officer who has not received a notice is requested to communicate with Lt. J. C. Keith-Wright, D.S.C., 2, Crosby Square, E.C.3, the honorarysecretary of the dinner committee. Gordon Shepherd Memorial Essay, 1933THE Gordon Shephard Memorial Prizes for the year 1933 have been awarded by the Air Council as follows :—1st Prize, value £35. For the essay written by Flt.-Lt. E. J. Kingston- McCloughry, D.S.O., D.F.C., p.s.a., Royal Air Force Depot (on Course atStaff College, Camberley). 2nd Prize, value £25. For the essay written by Wing Com. G. C. Pirie,M.C., D.F.C., p.s.a., Station Headquarters, Tangmere. 3rd Prize, value £15. For the essay written by Wing Com. R. H. M. S.Saundby, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., p.s.a., Staff College, Andover. S3 S SS DEATH OF AIR VICE-MARSHAL F. R. SCARLETT E regret to record the death, on Sunday, April 15, at Honey Combe, Andover, of Air Vice-Marshal Francis Rowland Scarlett, C.B., D.S.O., R.A.F. (retired). Most of the aero- nautical public will remember Air Vice-Marshal Scarlett as the commander of the High Speed Flight of 1927 which went to Venice for the Schneider Contest, and, thanks to good team work, to the excellence of the Supermarine S.5 and the Napier racing engine, and to the fine piloting of Fit. Lt. S. N. Webster, brought the trophy back to this country. That was the first occasion on which the Royal Air Force had undertaken the challenge for the trophy. There were no precedents to guide anyone, and naturally a great deal depended on the Air Officer who was in supreme command of the team. Air Vice-Marshal Scar- lett was at that time A.O.C. Coastal Area, and was therefore the obvious officer to take charge of a team which competed in seaplanes. " Air Vice-Marshal Scarlett, though his father was a Dragoon Guards officer, chose the Navy as a career. Per- haps it was inherited instincts which induced him after- wards to pass through the Army Staff College at Cam- berley as a naval student. Perhaps it was also his cavalry ancestry which made him a keen hunting man. He was born in 1875 at Uckfield, Sussex, in due course passed through the Britannia, and in 1895 received his commission as sub-lieutenant. During his naval career he saw active service in Africa, and in 1904 received the African general service medal. In 1913 he learnt to fly, and was given R.Ae.C. certificate No. 468. Then he was sent to the Central Flying School at Upavon, the commandant of which was a naval officer, Capt (after- wards Admiral) Godfrey Paine. The Royal Naval Air Service was then in its infancy. Commander Scarlett was 395 appointed to H.M.S. Hermes, under Capt. G. W. Vivian. In 1914 he was promoted and given command of the R.N.A.S. headquarters at Sheerness as Inspecting Captain of Aircraft. Under him were the landplane training station of Eastchurch and the seaplane training station at Grain. Just before the outbreak of war a great naval review was held at Spithead, and all the seaplanes in the Service were assembled at Calshot under the com- mand of Capt. Scarlett. In 1915 the whole of the R.N.A.S. was placed directly under the Director of the Air Division at the Admiralty (Capt. Murray Sueter), and Capt. Scarlett joined his staff to carry out inspection duties. In January, 1916, he was sent to the East Mediterranean in command of ships and units, and while there he was granted the Distinguished Service Order for services in reconnaissance and bombing flights. He was also made a Commander of the Greek Order of the Redeemer. In 1918 he returned to the Admiralty, and after the Armistice he was made a C.B. On transfer to a permanent commission in the R.A.F., Scarlett was given the rank of Air Commodore, and in January, 1924, was promoted to Air Vice-Marshal. In 1919 he was given the important command of Halton. In 1924 he was A.O.C. Coastal Area, thus rising to the head of what represented his old Service, the R.N.A.S. In 1928, while Sir John Salmond was on deputation in Australia, he temporarily commanded Air Defence of Great Britain, and conducted the Air Exercises of that year. Next year he was given command of the Fighting Area. Then he went to Cairo to command the Middle East—the last phase of his varied and useful Service career. He retired in December, 1931. Air Vice-Marshal Scarlett was married and left three sons, one of whom is a Flying Officer in the R.A.F.
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