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1939
1939 - 0213.PDF
JANUARY 26, 1939 FLIGHT. 87 SERVICE AVIATION (CONTINUED) Full details of the conditions of service for aircrafthands and tradesmen are given in Air Ministry pamphlet 81A. Pamphlets No. 77 and 78 give the conditions of. service lor observers and wireless operator/air gunners respectively. These pamphlets can be ob tained from the Commandant ol any of the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve Town Centres or from the Air Officer Commanding, No. 26 (Train ing) Group, Hendon, The Hyde, N.W.9. All Volunteer Reservists when undergoing continuous training, or if called up in an emergency, will receive pay and allowances at the iates applicable to regular personnel. The rates of pay vary from 2S. to 3s. 6d. a day for aircrafthands and tradesmen; 6s. 6d. to 9s. a day for observers under training, and 12s. 6d. a day for qualified sergeant observers. The rates of pay for wireless operator/ air gunners are 4s. a day during training and 6s. 6d. a day when qualified. All reasonable travelling expenses necessarily incurred by Volunteer Reservists for attendance at a town centre for interview or attestation and for training at a Royal Air Force station, town centre or civil flying school, will be refunded- In addition, an allowance of 6d. an hour, to cover cost of meals and other out-of- pocket expenses, will be paid in connection with evening and week end training to ground section personnel. A training allowance of is. an hour will be paid to Volunteer Reservists in the Aircraft Crew Section. Aircraft Crew Section.—Selected candidates for the Aircraft Crew Section will be enlisted in the rank of leading aircraftman and on satisfactory completion of the course they will be remustered as Observers or Wireless Operator/ Air Gunners. Qualified Observers will hold the rank of Sergeant. Later there will be opportunities for a limited number of Observers and Wireless Operator/Air Gun ners to be considered for training as pilots. Aircraft crew training facilities are now available at all existing Volunteer Reserve centres. There are centres in or near Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Glas gow, Gloucester, Grimsby, Hull, Leicester, London, Luton, Man chester, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Perth, Reading, Rochester, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent, and Westcliff-on-Sea. Fur ther announcements will be made when training centres are estab lished in other areas. Volunteer Reservists in the aircraft crew section must be able and willing to attend for air training during alternate week-ends (Satur days and Sundays) and on some summer evenings, and for ground instruction on two evenings a week. They will also be required to attend for 15 days' continuous training annually at times which, as far as possible, will be arranged to suit the convenience of in dividuals. Provided they carry out the training and reach the required standard of proficiency, observers and wireless operator /air gunners will receive a retaining fee of ^20 a year. Tradesmen and Aircrafthands.—Tradesmen and aircrafthands will be trained in the evenings or at week-ends at times generally con venient to themselves. They will also be required to undergo a period of about three days' continuous training during air exercises in their first year of service, and will be permitted to do so in subsequent years, if they wish. A bounty of £1 15s. will be payable at the end of each six months' service. Flying Accidents T HE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: — F/O. Alexander Charles Douglas (pilot) and Sgt. John James Cooper lost their lives in an accident which occurred near Arundel, Sussex, on January 14, to an aircraft of No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, Tangmere, Sussex. Sgt. Llewellyn Roy Griffiths (flying solo) lost his life in an acci dent which occurred at Alton, Hampshire, on January 17, to an aircraft of No. in (Fighter) Squadron, Northolt, Middlesex. A.P/O. Donald James Catt (flying solo) and a civilian, Miss Ella Coomber, lost their lives when an aircraft of No. 3 (Fighter) Squad ron, Kenley, Surrey, struck a private house at Crowborough, Sussex, on January 17. Mrs. H. Smyley was injured. F/O. Ernest Ronald Henshaw Coombes (pilot) and L.A/C. Alban Dennis Mabbett lost their lives as the result of an accident which occurred at Ystradgynlais. Wales, on January 17, to an aircraft of No. 9 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Ansty, Coventry. Mr. Leslie Arnold Priscott (wireless operator) and L.A/C. John Murdo Macleod Macdonald, the other two occupants, were not injured. F70. Geoffrey Beavis lost his life and A.V.-M. Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave, C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C. (pilot) was seriously in jured in an accident which occurred at Butley, Suffolk, on January 17, to an aircraft from the Royal Air Force Station, Eastchurch, Kent. « Royal Air Force Qazette . Royal Air Force Genera! Duties Branch Group Capt. K. C. Buss, O.B.E., is appointed Director of Intelli gence, Air Ministry (December 22, 1938); Group Capt. J. C. Slessor, D.S.O., M.C., is appointed Director of Plans, Air Ministry (Decem ber 22, 1938); Grcup Capt. R. H. M. S. Saundby, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., is appointed Director of Operational Requirements, Air Ministry (December 22, 1938). Wing. Cdr. K. D. G. Collier is granted the acting rank of Group Captain (paid) with effect from October 10, 1938, during the tenure of his appointment to the Air Materiel Department at the Admiralty. The following Flying Officers are granted the acting rank of FTight Lieutenant on the dates stated: A. L. Booking and G. E. Hawkins (October 15, 1938); D. E. Gillam (November 16, 1938); H. W. Boling- broke (November 20, 1938); C. S. Darwood (November 24, 1938); L. Maxwell-Muller (December 12, 1938); L. J. Stickley (November 28, 1938). - The following Flying Officers relinquish the acting rank of Flight Lieutenant on the dates stated:—L. J. Stickley (November 14, 1938); B.'E. Smith-Rewse (January 2). The following was placed on the half-pay list, scale B, for the inclusive period stated: Sqn. Ldr. P. M. Watt (January 12-16, 1939)' Lt. Cdr. C. R. V. Pugh. R.N., Squadron Leader, R.A.F., ceases to be attached to the Royal Air Force on return to naval duty (December 28, 1938); Group Capt. L. L. MacLean is placed on the retired list at his own request (January 15); Wing Cdr. R. M. C. Macfarlane, M.C., is placed on the retired list on account of ill- health (January 12). Fit. Lt. F. B. Chapman relinquishes his short service commission on transfer to the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve (January 16). The following Flight Lieutenants a'e transferred to the Reserve, Class A, on the dates stated: H. M. Cox, C. H. D. Wardrop, and C. F. C. Wright (January 6); F. D. Nugent (January 9). Medical Branch F/O. N. Mackenzie, M.B., Ch.B., is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with effect from September 6, 1938, and with seniority of October 9, 1937. (Substituted for notification in Gazette of December 27, 1938.) The following Flying Officers are promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant with effect from January 3 and with seniority of January 3, 19$:— . B. Ross, M.B., Ch.B., V. A. F. Martin, M.B., Ch.B.. D. T. Lewis, M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. Chaplains Branch The Rev. G. Hyslop, M.A., is granted-a short service commission with the relative rank of Squadron Leader (January 2). The Rev. C. B. Verity, M.A., is granted a short service commission with the relative rank of Squadron Leader (January 3). Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Staff Nurse Miss Elsie Maltman is promoted to the rank of Sister (December 28, 1938). Royal Air Force Reserve RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch Fit. Lt. J. S. Wrlkins (R.A.F. Ret.) is granted a commission in that rank in Class CC (October 29, 1938); Fit. Lt. E. H. Rundle (R.A.F. Ret.) is granted a commission in that rank in Class CC (November 14, 1938); Maj. W. D. Porter (LA. Ret.) is granted a commission as Flight Lieutenant in Class CC (November 1, 1938); Capt. N. L. Angelo (LA. Ret.) is granted a commission in Class CC as Flight Lieutenant (November 14, 1938). The following Flying Officers are promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant (December 23, 1938): H. Walker, A. M. Butt (Honorary Flight Lieutenant), G. if A. Blackwood. Sqn. Ldr. J. F. Fosbroke Pain is transferred from Class C to Class A (November 29, 1938). Fit. Lt. H. C. Johnson is transferred from Class A to Class C (October 17, 1938) Auxiliary Air Force Equipment Branch Fit. Lt. F. J. B. Powell, M.B.E., relinquishes his commission on cessation of duty (September 5, 1938). Medical Branch No. 503 (COUNTY OF LINCOLN) (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—Fit. Lt. A. C. Fraser, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., relinquishes his commission (November 1, 1938). Auxiliary Air Force Reserve of Officers General Duties Branch Fit. Lt. A. Rintoul relinquishes his commission in Class A (January 3). Medical Branch A. C. Fraser, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., is granted a commission as Flight Lieutenant in Class D (November 1, 1938). , Accountant Branch No. 602 (CITY OF GLASGOW) (ARMY CO-OPERATION) SQUADRON.—A. Rintoul is granted a commission as Flight Lieutenant (January 3). Owing to the. greatly increased length of these lists, as a result of R.A.F. expansion, ranks are confined to those of Flight Lieutenant and above.
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