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1938
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nb Service Aviation FLIGHT. FEBRUARY 3, 1938. 1972, and during the next year passed a course at the Armamentand Gunnery School. In 1927 he was posted to H.Q. Iraq for Air Staff Duties, and after his return to the United Kingdom proceededto H.Q. Inland Area for Armament Duties in 1929. He held the post of Assistant Director (Armament) in the Department of theAir Member lor Supply and Research at the Air Ministry from January, 1930, until the latter part of 1933, when he was appointedto command No. 7 (Bomber) Squadron. In January, 1934, he was posted to command the R.A.F. Station, Worthy Down, and sinceDecember, 1936, lias been in command at the R.A.F. Station, Cardington He was promoted to the rank Q Wing Commander in 1929, toGroup Captain in 1934, and to his present rank in lyjS. Moves of Squadrons NOS. 35 (Bomber) and 207 (Bomber) Squadrons will move fromWorthy Down to Cottesmore on April 20. Nos. 5T (Bomber) and 58 (Bomber) Squadrons will move fromBoscombe Down to Linton-upon-Ouse by April 20. No. 218 (Bomber) Squadron will move from Upper Heyford toBoscombe Down on April 22. R.U.S.I. Qold Medal Essay (Air) ' I 'HE subject of the gold medal essay of the Royal United ServiceX Institution for 1938 is: "Discuss the influence which modern air forces may exert on British stategy in a major European warin which Great Britain is involved; and suggest what higher con- trol organisation is desirable in order to co-ordinate the operationsof the three services." Commissions for Warrant Officers T'HE following warrant officers have been granted commissionsin the accountant branch : George Albert Cornish, Claude Henry Leggott, I).CM., and Edwin Thomas Saunders, M.M. The undermentioned warrant officers have been granted commis-sions as commissioned physical training officers: Harold William Beckett, John Samuel Sallows, M.B.E., Frederick James Stubber-field. and Albert Wellington Tavior. Acklington Armament Camp NO. 7 Armament Training Camp will open at Acklington, Mor-peth, Northumberland, or. April 1, on which date it will be placed in the Training Command in No. 25 (Armament) GroupThe aerodrome may be used with effect from March 1 by aircraft of personnel visiting the station, but no facilities whatsoever willbe available. The range at Druridge Bay will be available for use on May 1. New Stations Forming A STATION headquarters will form at Dussinsbourn, near Eoy-ston, on March 27, on which date the station will be placedin the Bomber Command in No. 2 (Bomber) Group. The aero- drome may be used by aircraft of personnel visiting the station from March 1, but no facilities whatsoever will be available. A station headquarters will form at Wittering on April 11 and take over the executive command of the station on May 16, on which date it will be transferred to the Fighter Command and placed in No. J2 Fighter Group. Flying Accidents :; THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: —P/O. David Lorraine Lloyd Morris lost his life and Sgt. DonaldWilliam Mansbridge was severely injured in an accident which occurred at Kingsclere, near Basingstoke, on January 24 to an air-craft of No. 51 (B.) Squadron, Boscombe Down, Wilts. Sgt. Mans- bridge was the pilot of the aircraft and P/O. Morris was a passenger.Two other passengers of the aircraft, A.P/O. Cecil Wardman Poulter and Aircraftman 2nd class Ronald Harry Price, were slightly injured. P/O. Alan Norman MacFarlane lost his life in an accident whichoccurred at Tattershall Thorpe, Lines, on January 28 to an aircraft of No. 44 (B.) Squadron, Waddington.A.P/O. Trevor Kearsley Goss Dudley lost his life in an accident which occurred at Ufford, Lines, on January 31 to an aircraft ofNo. 11 F.T.S., Wittering, Northants. A.P/O. Dudley was the pilot of the aircraft and A.P/O. Peter Robert Burton-Gyles, a passenger,was slightly injured. Lt. Richard Stratton Laybourne, Welsh Guards, F/O., R.A.F.,lost his life in an accident which occurred near St. Andrews, Fife, on January 31 to an aircraft of No. 1 F.T.S., Leuchars, Fife. Royal Air Force Qazette General Duties Branch F/O. M. H. de L. Everest is granted the acting rank of Flight Lieutenant (January 3). Sqn. Ldr. A. W. Hunt is placed on the half-pay list, Scale B, from January 11 to 12 inclusive and on the half-pay list, Scale A, from January 13 to 22 inclusive. Sqn. Ldr. E. A. C. Britton, D.F.C., is seconded for duty with the British Military Mission, Egypt (January 17). The following Flight Lieutenants cease to be seconded to the Royal Air Force on return to Army duty (January 15):—A. A. N. Malan (Lt., Royal Tank Corps), A. F. Anderson (Lt., Royal Warwick Regt.), R. B. Paken- ham (Lt., Border Regt.). .. - . Chaplains Branch The Rev. G. A. Davies, B.A., is placed on the retired list at his own'request (January 15). Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Staff Nurse Miss J. M. Mallalieu is promoted to the rank of Sister(January 9); Staff Nurse Miss E. M. Knox is promoted to the rank of Sister (January 12). Royal Air Force Reserve Reserve of Air Force Officers • - ' $ • General Duties Branch The following are granted commissions as Flight Lieutenants in Class C with effect from December is, 1937:—Capt. W. T. Clyde (Indian Army, Ret.); Capt. T. H. R. Riggs, D.C.M., M.M. (R.A.R.O.). Royal Air Force Appointments General Duties Brandt Au-. Commodore—E. W. Norton, D.S.C., to H.Q., R.A.F., Far East, Singapore; for duty as Air Officer in Charge of Administra- tion, 28.12.37. Squadron Leaders.—L. B. Duggan, to No. 218 (B.) Squadron, Upper Heyford; to command, 4.1.38. E. B. Addison, to H.Q., R.A.F., Palestine and Transjordau, Jerusalem; for Air Staff duties, 20.10.37. Flight Lieutenant.—R. A. R. Rae, to R.A.F. Station, Seletar, Singapore, 31.12.37. Accountant Branch Squadron Leader.—H. W. Capener, to R.A.F. Station, Dhibban,Iraq; for Accountant duties, 19.11.37. Oiritifi to the ijreall// increased length of the.se lists as a result of H.A.F. Flight Lieutenants.—F. M. Hall, to R.A.F. Station, Dhibban, Iraq, 15.12.37. C. V. Mears, tn H.O., R.A.F., Middle East, Cairo, S.12.37. Medical Branch - Group Captain.—XV. A. S. Duck, O.B.E., to H.Q., R.A.F., Far East, Singapore; for duty as Principal Medical Officer, 6.11.37. Wing Commander.—H. W. Corner, to No. 1 R.A.F. Depot, Ux- bridge; for duty as Senior Medical Officer and Officer Commanding R.A.F. Officers' Hospital, 6.1.38. Flight Lieutenant.—L. M. Corbet, to No. 1 R.A.F. Depot, Ux- bridge, 8.1.38. A. B. Marshall, to R.A.F. Station, Heliopolis, Egypt, '•I--37- expansion, ranks arc confined to those of Flight Lieutenant ami abort. FOREIGN SERVICE NEWS The "Coupe Deutsch" Fighter PROCEEDING with a programme of development work on single-seater fighters based on the striking Coupe Deutsch layout, Caudron has produced the type C-713 with an inverted vee-twelveair-cooled Renault of 450/750 h.p. This model is derived from the C-710 but has a retractable undercarriage. Two shell-guns aremounted in the wings. Sub'Stratosphere Speed '"PUB first publicity given to the performance of the special twin- • _L engined Lockheed XC-35 monoplane supplied to the U.S. Army Air Corps for experimental flying in the sub-stratosphere concerns a 220-mile flight which occupied 38 minutes. Flying between 19,000 and 2T,oooft. the Lockheed reached 350 m.p.h., carrying a crew of four. The pressure cabin rendered unnecessary the provision of oxygen equipment and heated clothing. The machine, which resembles an Electra, was built parly last year, and since August has been subjected to exhaustive tests at Dayton, Ohio. The fuselage is nearly circular in cross section and strongly reinforced, and the engines are special Wasps with exhaust-driven blowers. Italian Aerobatics in South AmericaT HE Italian acrobatic squadron which has been making a "good will " exhibition tour in South America, has evoked the wildest enthusiasm. Their show at Sao Paulo was witnessed by 500,000 people. The machines used are more or less standard Fiat CR 32 biplane fighters mounting the 550-h.p. liquid-cooled Fiat A.30 engine. This type has met with considerable success in Spain.
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