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1935 - 0026.PDF
*4 FLIGHT. JANUARY 3. 1935. THE OYAL SERVICE NOTES AND NEWS FORCE AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS HALF-YEARLY PROMOTIONS The undermentioned promotions are made with effect from January i, 1935: — GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH Air Marshals to be Air Chief Marshals His Royal Highness Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., M.C., Personal A.D.C. to the King Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., A.D.C. Air Vice-Marshal to be Air Marshal Arthur Murray Longmore, C.B., D.S.O. Air Commodores to be Air Vice-Marshals D.S.O. M.C. Christopher Lloyd Courtney C.B., C.B.E Cuthbert Trelawder Maclean, C.B., D.S.O Group Captains to be Air Commodores Sydney William Smith, O.B.E. Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, D.S.O., M.C. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains Rey Griffith Parry, D.S.O., Charles Curtis Darley, C.B.E., A.M., George Bentley Dacre, D.S.O., Malcolm Henderson, D.S.O., Lachlan Loudoun Maclean, Keith Rodney Park, M.C., D.F.C. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders Horace George Bowen, M.B.E., Sturley Philip Simpson. M.c Geoffrev Hornblower Cock, M.C., Tilden Chrismas Thomson, Hugh Leedham, O.B.E., Philip Hilderslev Cummings, D.F.C., Robert Stanley Aitken, M.C., A.F.C, Walter Edward George Bryant, M.B.E., Oliver Campbell Brvson, M.C., D.F.C., A.M., Benjamin James Silly, M.C., D.F.C., Percy Eric Maitland, A.F.C., Bernard McEntegart. , Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader Robert Godmond Poole (Lieutenant Commander, R.N.). Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants Patrick Arthur Booth (Lieutenant, R.N.), Trevenen Penrose Coode (Lieutenant, R.N:.), Nigel Robert Mackie Skene (Lieutenant, R.M.), Dennis Royle Farquharson Cambell (Lieutenant, R.N.), Douglas Mclver Russell (Lieutenant, R.N.). Medical Branch Wing Commanders to be Group Captains Harry Aitken Hewat, M.B., Ch.B.. D.T.M. & H., Reginald Herbert Knowles, M.D., Ch.B., D.P.H., Andrew Grant, M.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Thomas James Kelly, M.C., M.D., B.Ch. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders Donald George Boddie, M.B., Ch.B., Thomas John Thomas, M.B., B.S., William Fothergill Wilson, M.C., M.B., B.Ch.. Duncan McLaren, M.B., Ch.B., Wilfred Ernest Hodgins, M.B., M.C.P. & S., Albert Edward Barr-Sim, M.B., Ch.B., Frederick John Murphy, M B., B.Ch., Philip Augustus Hall, M.D., M.Ch., Thomas McClurkin, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., Dip. Bact. MOVE OF NO. 142 (BOMBER) SQUADRON No. 142 (Bomber) Squadron will move from Netheravon to Andover. The move is to be completed by January 17, 19J5- Tae squadron will come under the command of the A.O.C., Western Area, with effect from that date. NEW FLYING-TRAINING SCHOOL The new flying-training school which is to be opened as part of the expansion scheme for the instruction of short- service officers will be formed at Netheravon in April, and will be known as No. 0 Flying Training School. AIRCRAFT CARRIER'S NEW NAME It is announced in Fleet Orders that the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, Reserve Fleet, The Nore, has been renamed H.M.S. Pegasus. This change has been made necessary because the aircraft carrier included in the 1934 Naval Programme has been named Ark Royal. The name Peg-isus was borne by a former aircraft vessel in the Navy. UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRONS The Air Ministry is exercising its power to increase the strength of the Oxford and Cambridge squadrons above the present maximum of seventy-five, and the Treasury has author ised the admission of all new candidates who have decided to apply for permanent commissions in the R.A.F. Candidates from Oxford and Cambridge who are accepted for permanent commissions in the R.A.F. will in future be sent to Cranwell for final training, instead of to the Flying Training Schools as hitherto. This will give all permanent commission officers a common link with the Royal Air Force College. Naturally, the course for University candidates at Cranwell will not take a full year, as these men will have already done 70 hours flying on training types besides receiving other instruction. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE Reference to Australia's plans for improving her defences by means of additional ships and aeroplanes was made by the Minister for Defence, Mr. Archdale Paikhill, in a debate in the House of Representatives on the defence estimates v. hich, according to Renter, amount to £5,600,000. The Govern ment's proposals include the starting in Australia of naval construction and the continuation of anti-aircraft defence mechanisation designed to-improve coastal defence by meaii3 of additional aircraft. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND The Council of the Royal Air Force, Benevolent Fund at their recent meeting received with much regret the resignation of Sir Charles McLeod, who had been the treasurer of the Fund since its inception in igrg, and in addition Chair man of the Council during the last six years. His work has been of the greatest value to the Fund, which has become v ell established under his guidance, and by the end of 1933 had expended over £150,000 on relief alone. The Council is now much to be congratuated on the fact that Lord Wakefield has accepted the Chairmanship. The Council were informed that grants to the amount of /L641 6S. Q&. had been disbursed since the last meeting on October 3, 1934. The number of applica tions dealt with during this period amounted to 334. The next meeting of the Council will be held on March 30, 1935. The Grants Committee The usual meeting of the Grants Committee was held on Tuesday, December 18. Mr. W. S. Field was in the chair, and the other members of the committee present were Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt Barlow, O.B.E., and Wing Com. H. P. Lale, D.S.O., D.F.C. The committee considered a number of cases and made grants to the amount of £505 is. The next meet ing was fixed for Tuesday, January 8.
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