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Aviation History
1938
1938 - 0051.PDF
JANUARY 6, 1938. FLIGHT. 23 Service Aviation Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Medical BranchThe following are granted commissions as Flight Lieutenants with effect iruin December 28;—G. M. Rose, L.R.C.P. and S., L.D.S.;H. F. Squire, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Auxiliary Air Force dcnei-al Duties Branch No. 504 (COUNTY OK NOTTINGHAM) (B.) SQUADRON.—Lord Motti-stone, P.O., C.B., CMC, D.S.O., is appointed Honorary Air Com- modore (December 13). Half-Yearly Promotions With effect from January 1, 1938: — General Duties Branch Air Commodores to be Air Vice-Marshals.—J. S. T. Bradley,O.B.E., W. S. Douglas, M.C., D.F.C., J. H. S. Tyssen, M.C.; DCS Evill, D.S.C., A.F.C. Group Captains to be Air Commo-dores: R. P. Willock, F. G. D Hards, D.S.C., D.F.C., W. A. McClaughry, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. (Acting Air Commodore), A. A. B.Thomson, M.C., A.F.C. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains: F H Coleman, D.S.O., K. M. St. C. G. Leask, M.C., H. VV. G. J.Penderel, M.C., A.F.C., C. N. Lowe, M.C., D.F.C., R. H. M. S. Saundby, M.C., D.F.C , A.F.C (Acting Group Captain), A. W.Mylne, J. K. Summers, M.C., E. L. Howard-Williams, M.C., J. VV. Woodhouse, D.S.O,, M.C., J. L. Vachell, M.C. (Acting Group Cap-tain) D. F. Stevenson, O.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., G. E. Livock, D.F.C., A.F.C. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—B. B. Caswell, F. J.Fogarty. D.F.C., A.F.C., E. P. Mackay (Acting Wing Commander), J C. Foden, A.F.C., J. Bussey, O. E. Carter, A.F.C., S. E. Storrar,H. S. Brojghall, M.C., D.F.C., S. D. Macdonald, D.F.C. (Acting Wing Commander), V. S. Parker, D.F.C.. A.F.C., T. M. Williams,M C. D.F.C., C. P. Brown, D.F.C., V. E. Groom, D.F".C, F. Wright, W. J. Seward, J. A. Gray, D.F.C., F. Beaumont (ActingWing Commander), G. S. Shaw, J. McFarlane, M.C., A.F.C., R. L. McK. Barbour, D.F.C., A.F.C., R. J. Rodwell, C. E. Williamson-Jones, D.F.C., N. L. Desoer, J. Blackford, T. T. Paine, E. J. Kingston-McCloughry, D.S.O., D.F.C., F. VV. H. Clarke (Cdr., R.N.),C. B. Tidd (Cdr., R.N.), M. S. Slattery (Cdr., R.N.). Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—J. G. Western,B.B.E., I. Hodgson, G. Lacey, J. F. Tadman, C.G.M., and Lt. Cdrs., R.N., H. H. Caddy, R. A. Kilroy, J. B. Buckley, J. P. G. Bryant,P. W. Humphreys, and O. S. Stevinson. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—R. T. Partridge (Capt.,.R.M.), W. H. C. Manson (Lt., R.M.), and Lts. R.N. J. L. Halkwell, E. H. G. Stokes, E. R. C. Morris, C. E. H. Bathain, G. S. I^amb.G. A. L. Woods, N. K. Campbell, P. C. Carew, R. J. H. Stephens, J. M. Bruen. Equipment Branch . ' Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—W. J. Shields. Squad-ton Leaders to be Wing Commanders: W. A. Kingston, \V G MacD. Nicholl, J. K. McDonald, W. A. O. Honey, T. S. JamesA. G. Knight, M.B.E., R. A. Young, H. E. Tansley, M.C., R. F. Osborne, F. H. Sims. Squadron Leaders toK. K. Money, O.B.E., Rogers. Accountant Branch be Wing Commanders.P. Hay, M.C., W. K. Medical Branch —F. W. Arthurton,Westcombe, C. W. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—J. Kyle, M.K.C S ,L.R.C.P., A. F. Rook, O.B.E., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.P.H. Squad- ron Leaders to be Win? Commanders: R. L. C. Fisher M B B CliD.O.M.S., G. J. Hanly, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (E.), J. Parry-Eva-is M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.L.O., A. A. Townsend, MB., B.Ch FOREIGN SERVICE NEWS Small but Qood A BRIEF note appeared on this page last week regarding thefinances of the Turkish Air Force, which, though small (posses-sing, probably, about 200 machines), is being equipped with some advanced aircraft. Prominent among the fighting equipment areforty Polish-built P.Z.L. P24 gull-wing single-seaters (Gnome Rhone K. 14), which may be armed with two " cannons " and two machineguns or with four machine guns. The bombing force is being brought up to date with such formid-able material as Bristol Blenheims, Vultee Y-ns, Martin 139-Ws, aid Heinkel He.ins. the necessity of refuelling en route; thirdly, for flexibility and mobil-ity of operation, it was important that they should have the ability to move to distant points under their own power and be indepen-dent of other forms of transport. It is now necessary to transpoit single-seater fighters by steamer to American possessions in the Paci-fic, which is slow, cumbersome and ineffective, "particularly in the event of national emergency. With the fuel capacity of the P.35, allAmerica's fighters could be concentrated overnight at any point in the United States or its colonies. The long-range qualities of the Seversky pursuit are made pos-sible by a novel patented structure which makes use of the entire wing cavity, without tanks, for petrol storage. A Long-range Fighter /^OLONEL ALEXANDER P. I)E SEVERSKY, who recently flewV_/ a single-seater fighter of his own manufacture non-stop from New York to Havana (1,350 miles) prior to demonstrating themachine in Latin-American countries, is arranging the trip as a prac- tical demonstration of the potentialities of the P-35 as a long-rangemachine. The first leg will be from New York to Mexico City, a distance of 2,350 miles. From Mexico City, Colonel Seversky intendsto make a non-stop flight to Panama (1,500 miles), then to Lima, Peru 1,800 miles), then non-stop to Buenos Aires, a distance of 2,100miles. These long non-stop flights, it is claimed, are possible only in a Seversky pursuit (or fighter) machine, because it is the only onein the world with fuel capacity as standard equipment sufficient to fly more than 3,000 miles non-stop. Colonel Seversky has always been a strong advocate of the neces-sity of designing pursuit aircraft for long-range work. In discussing this, he stated that the advantages of long-range capacity in thesetypes were three-fold in point of view of American defence: First, in order adequately to convoy bombers they should have a rangeequal to that of bombers; secondly, in case of invasion, they should have the ability to be concentrated rapidly for interception againstattack in any point of the United States or its possessions, without MORE SQUADRON BADGES : No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron (right) : An eagle preying on a falcon. No. 24 (Communica- tions) Squadron : A black cock. No. 31 (Army Co-operation) Squadron : In front of a wreath of laurel a mullet. No. 500 (County of Kent) (Bomber) Squadron : A horse forcene. No. 602 (City of Glasgow) (Bomber) Squadron : In front of a Saltire a lion rampant.
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