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FEBRUARY 23, 1939 FLIGHT. iSS SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Official Announcements : Volunteer Reserve (Qround Section) APPLICATIONS are now invited from men in or near London, Manchester and Nottingham, who have some mechanical train-is; or aptitude and the necessary standard of education, to enlist in the Ground Section ol the Koyal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in the trades of Flight Mechanic and Flight Rigger. Enlisted men will receive the necessary training at the Bethnal Green Men's Institute and the Woolwich Men's Institute, London, the Manchester Technical Institute, and the R.A.F.V.R. Training Centre, 5, Plumptre Head, Nottingham. Men who are in civil employment as engine litters, motor engineers or mechanics, garage hands, chauffeurs and carpenters, and others with a mechanical bent, are thus' offered the opportunity ol developing their skill in their leisure time, with a view to service in emergency in the skilled fitter trades of the Royal Air Force. London applicants should apply for Air Ministry Pamphlet 81B to the Commandant, R.A.F.V.K. (London District), Staffordshire House, Store Street, Tottenham Court Road. W.i; Manchester appli cants to the Commandant, R.A.F.V.R. (Manchester District), Room 11, 5th Floor, Sunlight House, Quay Street, Manchester; and Not tingham applicants to the Commandant, R.A.F.V.R. (Nottingham District), Gordon House, Carrington Street, Nottingham. Further announcements will be made as soon as it is possible to consider applications in other areas where training centres are being estab lished. Candidates, who must be British subjects, should be between the ages of 18 and 50. The initial period ot engagement is for five years. Training will be carried out on two evenings a week in each of the 45 weeks a year during which the Civil Train ing Schools are open, and occasional visits to Royal Air Force stations will be arranged at times convenient to Volunteer Reser vists. Continuous daily training may be arranged at Royal Air Force stations where practicable, but such attendance will be voluntary. Volunteer Reservists, when called up for service in emergency or when carrying out continuous training of not less than three consecutive days, will receive pay and allowances at the rates applicable to regular airmen. A bounty of £2 10s. is payable at the end of each six months' satisfactory service in the Volunteer Reserve. Travelling expenses and an allowance for training attend ances on evenings and lor periods of less than three days are also paid. The Rescue of Brigadier Lewin BRIGADIER arid MRS. LEWIN have presented a silver model of a Vincent aeroplane, to No. 47 (B) Squadron, which is stationed at Khartum, in gratitude for their rescue by that squadron when they forced-landed and were marooned' in the marshes near Bor in 1937- Balloon Demonstration at Hornchnrch THE County of Essex (Balloon) Squadrons, A.A.F., are per sisting in their demonstrations of balloon flying in order to stimulate interest in recruiting in the county. A few weeks ago a detachment from No. 4 Balloon Centre, Chig- well, gave a demonstration at Maylands Aerodrome, the home ol the Romford Flying Club, and next Sunday, February 26th, they will give a similar display at the R.A.F. Station, Hornchurch, Essex. Spectators who visit the Station from n a.m. on that day will see the Auxiliary airmen lay out the balloon bed, and will be able to watch the method by which the balloon is prepared for infla tion. They will also see the gassing operation and the flying exercises. The balloon will fly from its winch at various altitudes during the afternoon, but will be deflated at 4 p.m. The Harvard Accident I T is with the greatest regret that Flight records the death, last Thursday, in a flying accident near Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, of Mr. R. P. Alston, B.A., A.F.R.Ae.S., and Sqn. Ldr. R. T. Cazalet. At the inquest it was revealed that the machine had just left Martleshaui and that shortly after taking off it got into a spin, the machine, one of the North American Harvard Trainers, was piloted by Sqn. Ldr. Cazalet. Both occupants were killed. A verdict of accidental death was returned. it will he recollected that the Harvard has been said to have r rfiHJ!iatl°n for sPinning, and that the version issued to the R.A.F. n v Klth Permanentlv open wing-tip slots. It does not appear m/rhV° r? stated at the inquest whether or not this particular for sT^ 1 the ?lots fitted- or whether they had been taken off to inrT f ^u^' *"ne *act tnat a tail parachute was carried seems for *w • at some time or othcr the machine had been used statedT'f"^ t?tts' a,tn°URh Sqn.-Ldr. Cazalet was reported to have San IH™6^ took off th3t hc dif1 not intend '° make such tests. v- wr. Cazalet belonged to the Experimental Section of the Fleet Air Arm News : Military Aviation Abroad Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborougli, having been posted lor engineering duties in February of last year. Mr. R. P. Alston was a Senior Scientific Officer of the R.A.E., and had given lectures to the Royal Aeronautical Society. Both were men who could ill be spared. • Reunions N O. 10 Squadron, R.F.C. and R.A.F., will hold its twelfth annual reunion dinner—for all ranks—in London on March 18. Ticket3 (5s. 6d.) are obtainable from Mr. A. F. Williams, " Rozel," Amer- sham, Bucks. A reunion dinner for past and present officers of No. 84 (Bomber) Squadron, E.F.C. and R.A.F., will be held to-morrow, February 24, at the Royal Air Force Club, 128, Piccadilly, London, W.i. at 7.30 p.m. for 8 p.m. Evening dress (tails) and decorations will be worn. Tickets are us. 6d (exclusive of wine) and officers desirous of attending should communicate with Wing Cdr. F. J Fogarty, D.F.C., A.F.C., No. 37 (B.) Sqn., Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk. New Training Qroup THE R.A.F. units at Cranwell have been formed into a new group known as No. 21 (Training) Group. Included in the new command is No. 2 Electrical and Wireless School, which is being formed at Yatesbury, Wilts. A.V-M. J. E. A. Baldwin, C.B., O.B.E., Commandant ot the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, for the past two years, has been appointed as Air Officer Commanding No. 21 Group, and Group Capt. E. C. Ernmett, M.C., recently promoted while in command of No. 1 Wing of the Electrical and Wireless School, has been appointed Senior Air Staff Officer. Other appointments to the staff include those of Wing Commander A. R. Churchman, D.F.C., Sqn Ldr F L White, and Fit. Lt. J. H. Hill. Cranwell has ranked as a Group for some time past but has aot previously been officially called one. A.A.F. and R.A.A.R Alliance HIS MAJESTY THE KING, states an Air Ministry announce ment, has been giaciously pleased to approve of No. 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, being allied to No. 602 (City of Glasgow) (Army Co-operation) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force. The Rt. Hon. Viscount Stonehaven, G.C.M.G., D.S.O., is the Hon. Air Commodore of No. 602 Squadron and the Rt. Hon. Lord Wakehurst, K.C.M.G., is the Hon. Air Commodore of No. 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron This is the second alliance of a unit of a Dominion Air Force to a unit of the Royal Air Force. The previous one, announced on August 15, 1938, was that ot No. 21 (City of Melbourne) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, and No 600 (City of London) (Fighter) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force. Rugby: R.A.F. v. R.N. T HE Inter-Services Rugby Tournament was opened last Saturday when the Royal Navy and Royal Marines beat the' Royal Air Force at Twickenham by a goal and a try (8 points) to a penalty goal (3 points). - The main interest of the game centred in a contest between three international players. Fit. Lt. G. A. Walker, the R.A.F. captain, is fly-half for his Service and also for England. Opposed to hiiri were two doughty wing forwards, Paym. Lt. J. K. Watkins of England and Lt. W. H. Crawford of Scotland, and they devoted all their inspired peripatetic energies to keeping the elusive Walker quiet. The odds against the R.A.F. captain were too great, and for the greater part of the game he was stalemated. In the last few minutes he suddenly became inspired and showed that not even the two most famous spoilers of the day could stop him when he was at his best; but the rally came too late. Apart from Walker himself, the R.A.F.'s best chance ot scoring was through an attack by the wing three-quarters, Craven and Halford, who have made reputations for themselves in club matches this season; but such attacks depend on getting the ball out rapidly so that the wings have room to manoeuvre. Slow heeling by the R.A.F. forwards did not make for success in that policy, though Craven played well and was frequently conspicuous with clever kicks across. The R.A.F. forwards, none the less, often did great work in the loose rushes, particularly in the final rally at the end of the game. The R.A.F. full back, Sgt. Parsons, who played well in one of the England trial matches earlier in the season, was as sound as usual, and was not to blame for the two Navy tries. These both came in the first twenty minutes of the game, and were .scored by Hammond and de Stacpoole. Crawford con verted the second. The only score for the R.A.F. was a penalty goal bv Ireris, scored late in the second half. Another penalty seemed quite possible, but it would not have brought the scores equal, and
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