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1937
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174 FLIGHT. AUGUST 12, 1937. THE OYAL SERVICE NOTES AND NEWS BOMBER GROUP COMMAND The Air Ministry announces the following appointment:— Air Commodore William Bertram Callaway, A.F.C., to assume command of No. 5 (Bomber) Group, Royal Air Force, with effect from August 17, 1937. Air Comdre. W. B. Callaway was appointed to the Royal Naval Air Service as acting Flight Lieutenant in 1916, having previously been commissioned in the Royal Navy, as Paymaster Lieutenant in 1912. For distinguished services during the Great War he was awarded the Air Force Cross and was also mentioned in despatches. In 1919 he was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force, with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. From January, 1927, to December, 1928, Air Comdre. Callaway attended a course at the Army Staff College, Camberley. He was posted to Headquarters, No. 10 Group, for Air Staff Duties early in 1929, and later that year was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer on H.M.S. Furious. After a period ot three years' service at the Air Ministry in the Department of the Chief of the Air Staff, he was appointed to command the Royal Air Force Base, Calshot, in Sep tember, 1933, and since April, 1936, has commanded No. 203 (Fly ing Boat) Squadron. He was promoted to Wing Commander in 1926, to Group Captain in 1933, and to his present rank on July 1, 1937. EXPANSION PROGRESS The expansion of the R.A.F. has proceeded according to schedule. Up to July the strength of the Metropolitan Air Force had increased to 123 squadrons with a first-line establishment of 1,542 aircraft, though some squadrons are not at full strength. The number of new stations, including armament training camps, already opened totals 22. Since April 1, 1935, some 3,500 pilots have been selected and about 3,100 have commenced training. The total number of airmen entered from the same date is 22,300. At Cranwell and Halton about 4,750 aircraft apprentices are under training and 1,058 boy entrants are also being trained. R.A.F. COLLEGE, CRANWELL Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell, G.C.B., K.B.E., Chief of the Imperial General Staff, inspected the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, on July 30, on the occasion of the passing out of Flight Cadets. The following are extracts from the report of the Commandant: — There are 147 Flight Cadets at the College. Flying training has proceeded in accordance with the new syllabus by which it is divided into three phases, each lasting two terms. The VI Term has completed its training in accordance with the new syllabus and has attended an Armament Training Camp for four weeks. The standard of aerobatics has been adversely affected by the restrictions on Tutor aircraft. Aerobatics could, in consequence, only be given to Flight Cadets on Hart type of aircraft. Instrument flying is not now treated as a separate form of train ing. The use of instruments as an aid to flying is explained to Flight Cadets who practise flying with instruments after approxi mately five hours on the elementary type of aircraft. All Flight Cadets of the entry now passing out have flown solo at night. The standard of navigation remains satisfactory and there has only bean one instance of a Flight Cadet losing his way on a cross-country flight and that occurred in difficult weather conditions in January. The average time flown by Flight Cadets now passing out is 214.50 hours dual, solo, and observer flying: observer flying includes time spent in the air on such duties as bomb aimer and rear gunner. During the period under review, November 15, 1936, to May 31, 19.57. the total number of Flight Cadets admitted to hospital was 66 as compared with 60 during the corresponding period last year. There were 13 cases of " Sick on leave " and 32 days spent in hos pital by three patients " remaining " from last period—a total of 825 days non-effectiveness as compared with 605 days in the corres ponding period of last year. A silver tea tray was presented to the College by Air Vice- Marshal Cave-Brown-Cave on the expiration of his tour of duty as Commandant in December. A silver replica of a practice bomb to be competed for at Arma ment Training Camp was presented by Sqn. Ldr. Gray on the expiration of his tour of duty as O.C. " B " Squadron in April A coloured, signed artist's print of the Duke of Windsor who, as IR R ORCE AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS Prince of Wales, performed the opening ceremony of this new Col lege building in 1934, has just been presented by Air Comdre. Breese, whose two sons are now Flight Cadets in the College. Thirty-three Flight Cadets have finished their training at the Royal Air Force College this term, of whom 8 are being posted to Fighter Squadrons, 13 to Light Bomber Squadrons, 3 to General Reconnaissance Squadrons, 2 to Flying Boat Squadrons, 5 to Army Co-operation Squadrons, and 2 to Torpedo Bomber Squadrons. Awards.—His Majesty the King's Medal (presented to the Flight Cadet who obtains the highest aggregate of marks in all subjects in the final order of merit following the passing-out examinations): Fit. Cadet Under-Officer James Maitland Nicholson Pike. The Sword of Honour (presented to the best all-round Flight Cadet): Fit. Cadet Under-Officer James Maitland Nicholson Pike. Air Ministry Prize (awarded to the Flight Cadet obtaining the highest marks in Imperial and War Studies): Fit. Cadet Peter Saumarez Butler. Air Ministry Prize (awarded to the Flight Cadet obtaining the highest marks in Aeronautical Engineering): Fit. Cadet Under- Officer Robert Thomas Frogley. Abdy Gerrard Fellowes Memorial Prize (for the Flight Cadet ob taining the highest marks in Mathematics and Science): Fit. Cadet Sergeant Philip Mervyn Wigg. The J. A. Chance Memorial Prize (for the Flight Cadet obtain ing the highest marks in Service Subjects): Fit. Cadet Sergeant Philip Mervyn Wigg. The R. M. Groves Memorial Prize (for the best all-round pilot in the senior term): Fit. Cadet Sergeant P. A. N. Cox. Flight Cadet Under-Officer J. M. N. Pike receives from Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell the Sword of Honour for the best all-round cadet.
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