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1938
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APRIL 21, 1938. FLIGHT. 385 Royal Air Force Qazette General Duties Branch The following F/O.s are granted the acting rank of Fit Lt onthe dates stated:—P. D. Holder, F. S. Stapleton (March 3); H M Pinfold, G. E. Harrison, D. C. R. Macdonald (March 14)- V C Wood (March 26). ' 'Fit. Lt. M. Dawnay is placed on the half-pay list. Scale B on January 7, and from March 29 to 31. Royal Air Farce Reserve Medical Branch Fit. Lt. H. R. Cline, M.B., B.Ch.. relinquishes his commissionon completion of service (March 31). Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve General Duties Branch D. F. Mclntyre, A.F.C., is granted a commission as Squadron Leader with eifect from April 12 and with seniority of September 2, 1936. Auxiliary Air Force General Duties Branch No. 603 (CITY OF EDINBURGH) (B.) SQN.—Fit. Lt. E. H. Stevensis promoted to the rank of Sqn. Ldr. and appointed to the command of the Squadron (April ij. General List Sqn. Ldr. Lord George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton is appointed to theGeneral List in the rank of Wing Commander on relinquishing command of No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) (B.) Sqn. (April 1);Sqn. Ldr. D. F. Mclntyre, A.F.C., relinquishes his commission on appointment-.to a commission in the Royal Air Force VolunteerReserve (April 12). General Ditties Branch AW Commodores.—A. C. Wright, A.F.C., H.Q., No. 1 (B.) Group,Abingdon; for duty as Senior Air Staff Officer, 1.4.38. A. G. R. Garrod, O.B.E.. M.C., D.F.C., to Directorate of Equipment, AirMinistry; on appointment as Director of Equipment, 31.3.38. Squadron Leaders.—A. F. James, to No. 6 F.T.S., Netheravon;for Administrative duties, 28.3.38. J. S. Dewar, to R.A.F. Station, Thorney Island; for Administrative duties, 28.3.38. M. Lowe, toH.Q., R.A.F., Iraq, Dhibban; for Air Staff (Organisation) duties, 29.3.8. H. M. Pearson, to No. 54 (F.) Sqn., Hornchurch; to com-mand, 28.3.38. Flight Lieutenants.—A./Sqn. Ldr. K. R. Coates, to H.Q., R.A.F.,Iraq, Dhibban; for duty as Liaison Officer, Persian Gulf, 29.3.38. J. W. A. Hunnard, to No. 6 F.T.S., Netheravon, 22.3.38. T. G. L.Gale, to No. 607 (County of Durham) (F.) Sqn., Usworth, 24.3.38. L. C. Slee to H.Q., R.A.F., Aden, 26.3.38. A. McD. Bowman, toNo. 28 (A.C.) Sqn., Ambala, India, 26.3.38. Royal Air Force Appointments Flight Lieutenants.—A. W. Rule, to H.Q., R.A.F., Middle East,Cairo, Egypt, 29.3.38. B. G. Pool, to H.Q., R.A.F., Iraq, Dhibban, 29.3.38. E. G. Northway, M.B.E., to No. 203 (G.R.) Sqn., Basrah,Iraq, 29.3.38. Accountant Branch Wing Commander.—W. R. Westcombe, to H.Q., R.A.F. Mediter-ranean, Malta; for duty as Command Accountant, 29.3.38. Squadron Leader.—D. J. Sherlock, to R.A.F. Station, Kalafrana,Malta; for Accountant duties, 29.3.38. Flight Lieutenant.—E. A. Biddle, to R.A.F. Station, Amman,Transjordan, 9.3.38. Medical Branch Squadron Leader.—R. G. Freeman, to Central Medical Establish-ment, London; for duty as Medical Officer, 28.3.38. Equipment Branch Chaplains Branch Wing Commander.—R. F. Osborne, to H.Q., Training Command, Rev. R. W. Briscoe, to No. 4 F.T.S., Abu Sueir. Egypt; for dutyMarket Drayton; for Equipment Staff duties, 29.3.38. as Chaplain (C. of E.), 29.3.38. Owing to the greatly increased length of these lists as a result 0/ R.A.F. expansion, ranks are confined to thott of Flight Lieutenant and abovt. FOREIGN SERVICE NEWS U.S. Dive Bombersr was principally in America that the modern technique of dive-bombing was evolved. To-day, when several air arms are openly questioning the practicability of the steep diving attack the U.S.Navy is taking into service large batches of dive-bombing machines to augment the squadrons of Vought and Great Lakes biplanesalready used for the work. The most highly developed biplane is the Curtiss SBC-3, now known as the Helldiver, though it bears littleresemblance to the old Wasp-engined biplanes of film fame. Later monoplane types are the Northrop BT-2, which resembles themachines used by the Army Air Corps for attack work (and, inci- dentally, Bristol's flying test bed for the Hercules), and the experi-mental mid-wing Brewster. These last types are counterparts of the Blackburn Skua and will presumably take advantage of the re-versible-pitch airscrews developed by the Curtiss and Hamilton Standard concerns to retard their speed in a dive. The standard bombload is either a 500 1b. or a 1,000 1b. bomb. An attack by a force of such machines, it is argued, should be effective even against heavilyarmoured capital ships The Four Norsemen FOUR Norduyn Norsemen high-wing monoplanes have beenordered by the Royal Canadian Air Force for use as " flyingclassrooms." Each will accommodate from six to eight instructors and students and will be used to teach bombing, map reading, naviga-tion, sketching, radio and artillery spotting. Gun mountings will be included. With the 525 h.p. Wasp engine the top speed will beabout 170 m p.h. Parasol Prototype ONE of the most stimulating single-seater fighter designs to berealised in recent times is the Focke-Wulf Fw 159 parasol mono-plane with inverted Junkers petrol engine. The undercarriage retracts into the fuselage and the wing is braced by a single mainstrut on each side. Details of performance and armament are with- held, but the machine ought to be good for at least 270 m.p.h. TheFocke-Wulf concern has also introduced a new twin-engined general purpose monoplane (Blenheim category) likewise powered with theinverted Junkers. AMPHIBI^ FIGHTER : Virtual*the so Quantity production in Russia is probable. observation, or as a lightLmber.
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