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Aviation History
1938
1938 - 1080.PDF
3*4 FLIGHT. APRIL 21, 1938. I ATI O N Chief of Naval Air Service THE King has been pleased to approve the appointment ofVice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander R. M. Ramsay, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., to be a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in succession to Rear -Admiral John H. D. Cunning- ham, C.B., M.V.O., to date about July, 1938. It is intended shortly to alter the designation of the appoint- ment in which Vice-Admiral Ramsay will succeed Rear-Admiral Cunningham from Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air) to Fifth Sea Lord and Ciiief of Naval Air Services. Vice-Admiral Ramsay, who now holds the appointment of Cotn-mander-in-Chief, East Indies, is leaving Colombo for England on April 27, in anticipation of taking up his appointment at theAdmiralty in July. No. 1 Balloon Training Unit THE training administration of No i Balloon Training Unit,Cardington, has been transferred from No. 24 Training) Group,Training Command, to No. 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group, Fighter Command, with effect from Apnl 1 Central Flying School *T*HE undermentioned reserve officers have recently been tested at-L the Central Flying School and are awarded the following categories: — A.2.—Fit. Lt. G. F. K. Donaldson and F/O. R. E. Watts.B.—Fit. Lt. E. G. Sharp and F/O. H. P. Hudson. Observer Corps A MEW Midland Area of the Observer Corps has been organisedwith headquarters at the R.A.F. Station at Grantham. TheCommandant is Group Capt. V. O. Rees, O.B.E., formerly in com- mand of the Northern Area. Headquarters of the latter have beenmoved from Hucknall station, Notts, to Catterick station, Yorks. Air Cdr. H. Le M. Brock, C.B., D.S.O., retired, has'been appointedto headquarters 01 the corps at Stanmore as Deputy Commandant. Period of Oversea Tours THE Air Council have ban under consideration the periods ofoversea tours of officers and airmen with a view to makingsuch reduction in the normal period oi five years as may be practicable. Subject to the requirements of the service, they have decided thatin duo course the normal period shall be reduced to three years, excluding the time allowed for necessary travel, except for Iraqand Aden, where the tour will normally be for two years only. So far as possible, officers and airmen will be posted direct from theUnited Kingdom to their oversea station and will return to the United Kingdom on the termination of their tour. The tours ofduty with the Fleet Air Arm will remain as at present. It will necessarily be some years before the new policy can bebrought fully into operation and it will not be possible to give the full benefit of the reduction in the tour to officers and airmenat present serving r,r<rm n<;. Postings during the next and ensuing trooping seasons will, however, be so arranged as to effect suchshortening as may be practicable. Royal Air Force and Off icial Announcements : Fleet Air Arm- News : Military'*:. Aviation Abroad SLEEVE-VALVES IN SERVICE : Vickers Vilde- beest IV torpedo bombers (Bristol sleeve-valve Perseus VIII) approach the"convoy" during the recent Combined Exercises. Transfer of Officers to the Reserve A ^ T^HE undermentioned short-service officers become due in OctolMjfJL and November lor transfer to the reserve:— f General Duties Branch Fit. Lts. William John Howard Ekins and Anthony DelvesIsemonger. Medical Branch Fit. Lts. Robert Alexander Cumming, M.B., Ch.B., and FrancisIvan Gershom Tweedie, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.B., B.Ch. Foreign Officers Attached - ;::_ CAPT. HAROLD NORMAN and Lt. Halfden Hansen, of theRoyal Norwegian Air Force, have been attached to the Central Flying School, Upavon, from March 30 until completion of th«ircourse. Lt. Kriafigkrai Inkavanij, of the Siamese Air Force, has beenattached to the Civil Flying School at White Waltham from April 4 until completion of the course. Cdr. G. H. A. Wendeibo and Cdr. E. Manshaus, of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, have been attached to the C.F.S., Upavon, from April 8, until the completion of their course. A Canadian Armaments Industry THE Canadian Government is attempting to create a nationalarmaments industry, with particular emphasis on the manu-facture of aircraft and small arms, by the establishment of branch factories of American aeroplane firms, or by the acquisition oflicences, as, for example, that for the Grumman Hunter through the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. The establishment of a statearmaments factory is not considered possible owing to the high production costs of such a scheme, and it is intended so far aspossible to copy the British shadow factory system. During 1037 about 700 different factories were inspected by government authori-ties with a view to their incorporation in the new shadow system. Flying Accidents *T*HE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents:**X A.P/O. Robert Brock La Pointe (pilot) lost his life and A.P/66 James Ronald Vincent was dangerously injured in an accident whichoccurred at Hullavington on April 7 to an aircraft of No. 9 Flying Training School, Hullavington, Stanton St. Quinton, Wiltshire.A.P/O. Vincent died the same day in the Cottage Hospital at Malmesbury. With reference to the disappearance on April 4 of an aircraft:of No. 100 (Bomber) Squadron, Seletar, Straits Settlements, as exten- sive search has failed to find the aircraft and its occupants, itmust now be accepted that the following airmen lost their lives on that date: Sergt. William Douglas MacMillian Roberts (pilot),A/C.i Ernest John Beisly, and A/C.i Malcolm Renfrew Hunter. Sgt. Walter Bateman lost his life in an accident which occurredat Abingdon on April 13, to an aircraft of No. 207 (B.) Sqn., Worthy Down. Sgt. Bateman was the pilot. The other occupant, L.A C."Robert McPhie, was not injured.
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