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JULY 12, 1934. FLIGHT. M.C, Kenneth Caron Buss, O.B.K., Frederick Sowrey, D.S.O., M.C.,A.F.C., Frederick George Darby Hards, D.S.C., b.F C Wilfred Ashton McClaughry, D.S,O.,. M.C., D.F.C., Arthur Ashford Ben-jamin Thomson, M.C., A.F.C., Norman Channing Spratt, O.B.E., Francis Perciva] Don, O.B.E. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—Reginald BaynesMansell, O.B.E., George Raymond Albert Deacon, M.C., Frank Fernihough, M.C., Malcolm Lincoln Taylor, A.F.C., John HughOscar Jones, Harold Alfred Whistler, D.S.O., D.F.C., Matthew Brown Frew, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., Hugh Mitchell Kirkwood Brown,Arthur Stanley Gould Lee, M.C., Robert Little Stevenson, M.B.E.] Thomas Frederick Wailes Thompson, D.F.C., John Patrick Coleman!A.F.C., Grahame George Dawson, Edward Garden Hopcraft, D.S.C. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Matthew SausseSlattery (Lt.-Comdr. R.N.), Miles Cursham (Lt.-Comdr. R.N.). Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants—'Sorman Scott Luard(Lt. R.N.), John William Hale (Lt. R.N.), Stacey Walter Drury Colls (Lt. R.N.), Gerald King Martyn (Lt. R.N.). Supplemen tary List Flying Officer to be Flight Lieutenant.—Robert MacFarlan. Stores BranchSquadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Frank Edwin John Coates. Accountant Branch Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Warneford GerrardWilkinson Prall. Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader.—Arthur Egbert Vautier, M.C. Medical Branch Wing Commanders to be Croup Cuplains.—Fmnk CuninKhameCowtan, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., William Agar Scholefield Duck, O.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., Arthur Edward Panter, M.R.C.S.,L.R.C.P. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—John Turnbull Thorn-son Forbes, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., lames Kyle, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.. Alan Filmer Rook, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.P.H., Eric Alfred Lumley,M.C., M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H., William Godfried Lorenz Wambeek, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Terence Charles St. Clessie Morton, M.D., Ch.B.,M.R.C.P., D.T.M, & H., D.P.H., D.P.M. Flight Lieutenant (Honorary Squadron Leader) to be HonoraryWing Commander—John Valerie, O.B.E., M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. Change in the Higher Commands The Air Ministry announces the following appointment:— Air Commodore C. T. Maclean, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., now Director of Postings at the Air Ministry, to be Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Middle East, about October, 1934, vice Air Vice-Marshal C. L. N. Newall, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., A.M. Air Commodore C. T. Maclean entered the Army in 1914 as Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers, and joined the Royal Flying Corps in December, 1915. During the Great War he served in France with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, and in addition to receiving the awards of D.S.O. and M.C. was mentioned in despatches on three occasions. He was appointed to a permanent com- mission in the Royal Air Force in 1919, and later commanded a Flying Training School at home and units in Iraq and Egypt. He became Officer Commanding, British Forces in Aden, in September, 1929, and was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore in July, 1931. In the following December he was appointed Director of Postings at the Air Ministry and received the C.B. in the New Year Honours List of 1933. Nomenclature of Aircraft—"Rota" THE official name of the Cierva autogiro, type C.30P, is "Rota." This name is to be used in all reports and correspondence relating to this type of aircraft. New Aircraft for the R.A.F. The Air Ministry have placed an order with the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., for fourteen long-range night bombers, each with two Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engines. The Black- burn firm has also received a substantial order for torpedo spotter reconnaissance machines for the Fleet Air Arm. Air Force List The July 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, Lon- don, 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. Funeral of Sqn. Ldr. Collett The funeral service for Sqn. Ldr. S. B. Collett was held in St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, July 4. The coffin was carried on a R.A.F. trailer. The Prince of Wales and the Secretary of State for Air were represented. The pall- bearers were the commanding officers of the seven other squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force. FUNERAL OF SOD. LDR. S. B. COLLETT: The cortege arriving at St. Paul's Cathedral. (Flight Photo.)
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