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1938
1938 - 1638.PDF
568 Service Aviation FLIGHT. JUNE 9, 1938. Royal Air Force Qazette General Duties Branch. The following Fit. Lts. are prompted to the rank of Sqn. Ldr. (June 1):—A. E. Dark, W. J. H. Lindley, N. H. Fresson, A. P. F. M. Berkeley, T. B. Cooper, V. S. Bowling, C. H. Turner, J. A. Powell, F. R. Drew, H. Ford, C. W. Grannum, C. V. J. Pratt, F. J. St. G. Braithwaite, W. M. L. MacDonald, H. St. G. Burke, C. M. Champion de Crespigny, E. G. Granville, G. F. Humphries, D. W. Lane, C. D. C. Boyce. R. L. Mills, N. C. Singer, K. \V. Niblett, W. S, Hebden, W. V. L. Spendlove, F. W. Stannard, M. E. M. Perkins, J. D. Baker-Carr, G. F. Alexander, A. C. Watson, G. K. Tulloch, R. A. Sprague, L. E. Jarman, H. R. Dale, L. Croker, E. R. M. Walker, W. R. Beaman, G. FarnhiU, T. W. Hodgson, C. E. Morse. : The following. Flying Officers" are promoted to the rank of Fit. Lt. on the dates -stated '.~'J. H. Lowe (Jan. 28); C. A. H. Evans (March 2); T. I. Davies(May 22). Wing Comdr! P. JB.. Hunter is placed on the retired List at his owe request (May 17). Equipment Branch Fit. Lt. F. K. R. Dixon, M.C., is promoted to the rank of Sqn, Ldr. (June 1). Accountant Branch Fit. Lt. S. \Y. Hill is promoted to the rank of Sqn. Ldr. (June 1). Royal Air Force Reserve General Duties Branch The following are transferred from class A to Class C on the dates stated:—Fit. Lt. M. F. Summers (Oct. 30, 1937); Fit. Lt W. G. A. Coulson (Feb. 12). Auxiliary Air Force - ? ; General Duties Branch.. Maj. M. G. E. Walker, D.S.O. (R.A.,' Ret), is granted a com- miseien as Fit. Lt. (April 11). ••••-._ Royal Air Force Appointments General Duties Branch Wing Commanders.—M. Thomas, D.F.C., A.F.C., to H.Q. No. 5 (B.) Group, Grantham; for duty as Senior Air Staff Officer. 16.5.3S. H. O. Long, D.S.O., to H.Q., Bomber Command, Uxbridge; for Equipment (Engineer) Staff duties. 9.5.3s. W. E. Swann, to No. 1 School of Technical Training (Apprentices), Halton; to command No .1 (Apprentices) Wing. 11.5.36. G: T. Richardson, to R.A.F. Station Church Fenton; to command. 11.5.38.-. Equipment Branch. Wing Commander.—J. A. Stone, to " B " Maintenance Unit, London, to command. 20.5.38. Squadron Leaders.—J. H. C. Wake, to R.A.F. College, Cranwell; for duty as Chief Ground Instructor. 11.5.38. F. C. Rowland, to No. 3 F.T.S., South Cerney; for Administrative duties. 4.5.38. H. H. Martin, to No. 206 (G.R.) Sqn., Bircham Newton; to com- mand. 9.5.38. A. D. Selway, to No. 14 (B.) Sqn., Amman, Trans- jordan, to command. 4.5.38. G. H. H. Procter, to No. 3 (Indian) Wing H.Q., Chaldala; for Air Staff duties. 4.5.38. Flight Lieutenants.—J. K. Brew, to H.Q., R.A.F., Iraq, Habbaniya. 23.4.38. P. B. H. Butler, to No. 8 F.T.S., Montrose. 12.5.38. G. A. V. Clayton, to No. 201 (G.R.) Sqn., Calshot. 6.5.38. G. F. Alexander, to R.A.F. Station" Seletar, Singapore. 14.5.38. D. S. Kite, to No. 1 A.A.S., Eastchurch. 9.5.38. E. T .Smith, to C.F.S., Upavon. 5.5.48. G. W. Golledge, to No. 609 (West Riding) (B. Sqn.), Yeadon. 16.5.38. FOREIGN SERVICE NEWS The Torpedo-Bomber—A New Conception FOR years the French have been using large twin-engined float-planes for coast-defence work from sheltered waters. Morerecently the Hall Company has developed a modern twin-engined monoplane for similar duties with the U.S. Navy, and.now Fokker announces tht design of a smaller machine, with two engines of 400 to 750 h.p. each (the Hall has two 1,100 h.p. Twin Wasps) for torpedo dropping and reconnaissance with a crew of three. -.,, Known as the T.8-W, the new design incorporates internal stowage lor the torpedo or bomb load. The release gear is electrically locked- until the trap doors are fully open. The pilot has a fixed gun and the wireless operator has access to a second weapon on a shielded mounting at the rear of the cockpit enclosure. - French Air Strength - HP HE French Air Minister, M. Guy La Chambre, last week gave X some details of the Government's programme. Pi ovision of a first-line strength, by April, 1940, of 2,600 machines, 900 being fighters, has been. .made. Delivery of American Curtiss P.35 fighters is'to begin in November and be completed by April, 1939. .'.,.-.••. Qerman Bombers Visit Yugoslavia '"PHIRTY-EIGHT German military machines, of which thirty-one JL were bombers; have lately visited Belgrade at the invitation of the Yugoslav Air Force. This is the first time since the war that a German Air Force formation has made a courtesy visit abroad. D.C.4 EMERGES : After successfully passing some remarkable static tests, as described on the opposite page, the Douglas D.C.4 appears in the open. The huge proportions of this latest tricycle transport can be gauged from the familiar Douglas types in the background.
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