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1939
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JULY 6, 1939 fflS/SBJS Service Aviation N.C.O. producing units, i.e., they will be units whose purpose is to train the women officers and N.C.O.s who would be required to administer the expanded force expected to be recruited in time of war. They will be grouped geographically under area adminis trators and each company will be affiliated to a flying squadron or balloon centre of the Auxiliary Air Force, or, in districts where there is no conveniently situated Auxiliary Air Force unit, to Koyal Air Force units. For the present the women enrolled, being destined to be officers or non-commissioned officers, will be trained merely as adminis trators, but they will receive also general trade training (at the Royal Air Force and Auxiliary Air Force stations to which the companies are affiliated) in the duties expected to be entrusted to the women who will be enrolled in time of war, i.e. cooks, mess orderlies, equipment assistants, motor drivers, clerks and fabric workers. Personnel of a high standard is required. The ordinary age limits are i<S to 43, but applicants with war experience or special qualifications may be considered up to the age of 50. Mission's Recommendation for N.Z. REPLYING to a private notice question by Mr. Arthur Green wood, M.P., the Secretary of State for Air made the following statement in the House of Commons: — " I am glad to be able to announce that complete agreement has been reached betweei: His Majesty's Government in New Zealand and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom on the recommendations of the recent At Mission to New Zealand and certain matters arising out of it. " These recommendations have two inter-related aims, namely: (i) The creation in New Zealand of manufacturing capacity for the production of aircraft; (ii) the expansion of training facilities in the Dominion with a view to increasing the output of fully trained flying personnel for the Air Forces of both countries in peace and war. " With this end in view, the Mission recommended, first, that the New Zealand Government should place an immediate order for training aircraft to be manufactured in New Zealand by the De Havilland Company, which will enable the company to proceed at once with the establishment of an aircraft factory in the Dominion; and, secondly, the establishment of further flying training facilities in New Zealand In this latter connection I should explain that there has been in operation for some time a scheme under which a number of Dominions pilots have been trained annually for the Koyal Air Force. The additional training facilities now to be estab lished will enable the number to be raised to 220 a year in peace, and would put New Zealand in a position to send overseas, in the event of war, not less than 1,300 ful'y trained pilots and other tlving personnel annually. "The New Zealand Government have intimated that they have decided to implement both these recommendations at once; and by way of contribution to the cost involved in these two important projects the United Kingdom Government have agreed to make an increase in the grant;- paid under the present training scheme. " I am sure that the House will agree that the further assistance thus given by the Dominion of New Zealand will be a most valuable contribution to Imperial Defence. " I should also like to take this opportunity of expressing the thanks of His Majesty's Government to Sir Hardman Lever and his colleagues for their valuable work." Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: — P/O. Sydney Herbert Lyttle (flying solo) lost" his life in an accident which occurred near Saffron Walden on June 21 to an aircraft of No. 29 Squadron. F/O. Joseph Leonard John Rowland lost his life and F/O. Noel Hill was seriously injured, in an accident which occurred at Deslord on June 23 to ah aircraft of No. 7 Elementary and Reserve Frying Training School. F/O. Anthony D'Orton Lamarque dieu in Newark Hospital on June 24 as the result of injuries received in an accident which occurred at Stubton on June 24 to an aircraft of No. 73 Squadron Sgt. John Elevys Morgan (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred near Dartford on June 25 to an aircraft of No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Gravesend. F/O. William Oliver Chambers Hemmings (flying solo) lost nis life in an accident which occurred at West Dean, Sussex, on )une 26, to an aircraft of No. 1 Squadron. Air Ministry, June 30 Royal Air Force General Duties Branch Air Marshal Sir Charles S. Burnett, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., is appointed an additional Inspector General of the Royal Air Force (July 1); Fit. Lt. F. C. Richardson is granted a permanent com mission in that rank (June C). The following are granted short-service commissions as Acting Pilot Officers on probation for six years on the active list (June 10):—P. O. D. Allcock, R. B. Barrett, O. W. Bligh, N. O. Clements, W. L. Colmer, J. S. G. Crawford, F. ]. Curtis, L. R. Darwen, A. H. Davies, A. D. Frampton, C. W. Harper, E. A. C. Hill, B. I. Hooper, J. F. Howitt, R. F. Leavitt, M. F. G. Mailer, I. M. Muir, T. McN. Ormiston, F. H. Robertson, D. A. A. Romans, C. D. Stevens, J. A. Walker, G. Washington, W. A. Waterton. The. following are granted short service commissions as Acting Pilot Officers on probation for four years on the active list (June 10): — D. Bayliss, R. M. Curtis, A. G. Dagg, W. T. Davies, F. V. S. Goodman, E. R. Hale, A. B. Lawton, B. B. Little, D. MacDonald, H. J. Mann, A. J. Rippon, W. R. Sloane, E. Walker. The following Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in their appointments on the dates stated :—R. W. A. Gibbs (March 20); S. P V. Bird (May 31). The following Acting Pilot Officers on probation are confirmed in their appointments and graded as Pilot Officers on the dates stated:—S. C. Holbfow, W. B. Price-Owen (May 10); J. N. Thorne- well (May 12). (Substituted for notification in Gazette of August l0, 303R, concerning these officers.) The following are promoted (|ulv 1): — Air Vice-Marshal to be Air Marshal.—A. S. Barratt, C.B., C.M.G., M.C. Air Commodores to be Air Vice-Marshals.—C. H. B. Blount, O.B.E., M.C.; A. G. Maund, C.B.E., D.S.O.; R. E. Saul, D.F.C.; A. T. Harris, O.B.E., A.F.C. Group Captains to be Air Commodores.—J. G. B. A. Baker, M.C.; R. M. Drummond, A. Coningham, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.- G. W. Bentley, D.F.C.; R. Young; E. F. Royal Air Force Qazette 1. V. E. Atkinson, R. J. McConnell, J. W. B. Grant, T. A. F. Elsdon, H. F. G. Ede, E. W. Young, S. G. Stilling, A. M. G. A. I. Robinson, G. Harries, R. F. Marrack H. D'Albiac, D.S.O., O.B.E. F. J. Linnel -A. S. Ellerton, O.B.E.; Turner, A.F.C.; L. G. D.S.O.; M.C.; O.B.E. Le B. Croke; P. F. Fullard, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C.; H. O. Long, D.S.O.; C. E. W. Lockyer; P. D. Robertson, A.M. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—G. H. Randle, V. Croome, E. H. M. David, N. C. Ogilvie-Forbes, P. J. A. Hume- Wright, C. S. Riccard, F. E. Watts, H. M. A. Day, A.M., R. H. Haworth-Booth, D.F.C., V. B. Bennett, R. B. Jordan, G. E. Nicholetts, A.F.C., F. J. Fressanges, N. A. P. Pritchett, C. B. Greet, W. L. Payne, H. E. King. N. Carter, D.F.C., M. H. Garons- Williams, G. R. O'Sullivan, E. F. Haylock, R. W. Hill, D. W. F. Bonham-Carter, L. K. Barnes, M.B.E., J. S. L. Adams. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders:—B. W. Knox, D. S. Kite, R. J. Knights-Whittome. F/O. (Acting Fit. Lt.) T. S. Rivett-Carnac is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant (June 14). The following Pilot Officers are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer on the dates stated:—S. A. F. Robertson (April 23); J. C. Hunter (May 12); C. T. V. Craxton (May 24); R. Langebear, J. W. Baird, E. B. Morse, Graafstra (June 16); J. T. J. Geach (June 18); Lywood, N. R. Irving, (June 21). F/O. (Acting Fit. Lt.) R. H. A. Lee takes rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date May 19. Reduction to take effect from May 19. The following Flight Lieutenants cease to be seconded to the Royal Air Force on return to Army duty (May 19):—T. K. Lacey (Captain, The Gloucestershire Regt.); P. VVolryche (Captain, R. Tank Corps). Fit. Lt. J. Y. Humphreys resigns his permanent commission (June 17). The short-service commissions of the following Acting Pilot Officers on probation are terminated on cessation of duty on the dates stated:—G. D. Dillabrough (June 15); C. A. S. Ring (June 22). Equipment Branch The following are promoted (July 1): — Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—A. Garrity, H. L Woolveridge, O.B.E. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—E. N. D. Worslcy, F. W. Taylor, R. T. Rich, C. W, Rugg, C. N. Scott, L. ). V. Bates, W. Bourne, O.B.E., F. B. Ludlow, O.B.E., M.C., G. G. C. Pigott, E. A. Burridge, F. C C. B. Hichens, J. H P. Clarke, G. Scarrott, F. If. Bedford, M.C., MM., O. G. Ridley, M.C. Accountant Branch Flying Officer on probation H. Murray is confirmed in his appoint ment (June 2). The following are promoted (July 1): — Wing 'Commanders to be Group Captains.—H. F. Fuller, W. G. W. Prall. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—1. F. R. Eales-White, A. C. Lobley, A. J. Moore, V. G. A. Bennett. Medical Branch The following are granted short-service commissions as Officers for three years on the active list with effect from and with seniority of the dates stated:—H. M. Carson, M.B., J. Mn.eL. Clark, " M.B., Ch.B., T. Crawford, M.B., Ch.B., Jones, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F. Summers, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. B.S., H. J. Trenchard, M.B., Ch.B., R. H. Winfield, MB. (Tune 5, 193?).; C. G. G. Mackav, M.B., Ch.B., C. W. S. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., H. S. Samuel, M.R.C.S, The following are promoted (July 1): — Wing Commander to be Group Captain.—W. M.C.P. and S. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—G. E. Church, Ch.B., L.R.C.P. and S., D.M.R.E., D.M.R.; F. B. C. L. B. ford, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H.; T- Magner, M.D., B.Ch.; N. I. M.D., Ch.B.; H. Penman, M.B., Ch.B., D.O.M.S.; J. Hill, Ch.B., D.P.H. F/O. P. J. MacNamara, L.R.C.P. and S., is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant (May 30). Dental Branch J. N. Pimblett, L.D.S., is granted a non-permanent commission as Flying Offieer for three years on the active list (June 5). F'ying June 5 B.Ch., J. D. , M.B., Ch.B. Marris. L.R.C.P. (June 5). E. Hodgins, M.B.,, MB., Craw- Smith, M.B.,
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