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1940 - 1988.PDF
•38 JULY II, 1940 Axon; G S. Barham; O. A. Clark; D. P.Furneaux; J. E. Ives; R. D. Racine-Jaques; F. F. Wells; A. R. Enshaw; W. F. Taylor; A. E.Mitchell; W. A. Tarry; L. Cushion; B. V. Grealy; B. H. Hardy; R. E. Shaw.P/O. A. E. Snape, O.B.E.. resigns his commis- sion. April 30.Honorary Wing Cclr. H. Whiddington, M.A., D.S.O., F.R.S., relinquishes his honorarycommission on ceasing to be employed as the Royal Air Force representative on Leeds University JointRecruiting Board. May 24. The undermentioned honorary Pilot Officersrelinquish their honorary commissions on cessa- tion ol duty:—(July 1) A. T. M. Henniker;J. W P. Martin; G. P. White. Honorary Group Capt. F. L. Festinfe, C.M.G.,relinquishes his honorary commission on account of ill-health. July IS. F/O. G. H. Blair is removed from the RoyalAir Force Volunteer Reserve (April 26). The commissions of the undermentioned PilotOfficers on probation are terminated on cessation of duty on the dates stated.—(June 25) C. M.Gibson; (June 26) R. D. L. Humbert. F/O. H. F. G. Waters is cashiered by sentenceoJ General Court Martial (June 17). Equipment Branch.Shipwright Lieutenant E. J. Cole (R.N., Ret.) is granted a commission as Flight Lieutenant(June 19). The undermentioned are granted commissions forthe duration of hostilities in the ranks and on the dates stated :—Pilot Officers on probation: (June1) J. R. Crook; F. de M. Culpin; J. Fearne; I. O. Fuller; (June 5) G. C, Laws; M. E. Long-man. Acting Pilot Officers on probation: (June 1) F. A. L. Addison; W. A. S. Alexander; I. G. G.Ayscough; C. R; Baker; G. A. C. Baynes; A. R. Bfinbow; K. M. Bryan; S. W. Dalton; R. L.Davies; G. S. De Freitas; B. F. J. Dolman; H. C. Fiiirbrother; R. Follett; D. R. P. Foot; E. C.Gibbs; P. S. Gooda; H. J. D. Goodey; A. Grant; B. Green; E. D. Green; T. F. Griffin; V. Heaton;W. A. Howitt; R. A. Hyde; E. A. Inch; B. A. Johnston; A. C. Jones; G. J. Kellow; W. KingJ. C. Lindsay; G. E. Main; T. Mitchell; E. L. Murrell; G. W. Newman; W. J. Nicholas; J. A.Paul; H. F. Pelhara; F. J. D. Pring; N. E. Rad- clifle; H. tl. C. Rhodes; W. T. R. Richman; K. A. N". Roberts; A. W. C. Sawyer; G .A. Smith;P. P. G. Smith; R. J. Smith; R. G. Spillane; W. W. Stabb; R. F. Strange; B. F. Trevelyan;W. G. Turnbull; D. A. Turner; J. P. Turtle; J. A. Twentyman; D. M. Tyringham; B. A. VanZwanenberg; W. J. R. Warren; K. S. Wtmbush; D. W. WithingtoB; P. Yorke. The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers on pro-bation are graded as- Pilot Officers on Probation on the dates stated: —(May 13) J. W. Clegg;W. M. Lloyd; E. J. Morris; (May 20) R. E. H. Fender; R. G. G. Ponsonby. The undermentioned Pilot Officers are promotedto the rank of Flying Officer on the dates stated : — (April 18) R. C. Paine; (April 25) T. W. C.Robinson; E. G. Cooper; (May 1) C. E. Plummer. Accountant Branch.S. E. Phillips is granted a commission for the duration oi hostilities as Pilot Officer on proba-tion. June 12. Medical Branch.The undermentioned are granted commissions for the duration of hostilities as Flying Officers: —(June 11) C. E. Astley, MB,, Ch.B.; R. O. Gill- hespy, M.B., Ch.B.; P. R. B. Grimaldi, M.R.C.S.,L.R.C.P.; K. N. Lloyd, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; P. Murphy, M.B., B.Ch.; D. S. Patti-son, L.R.C.P. and S.; A. M. Phillips, M.B., Ch.B.; D. B. Spence, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; W. N. Watt,M.B., Ch.B. Fit. Lt. T. Crowley, M.B., Ch.B., takesrank and precedence as if his appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date November 30, 1939.Reduction to take effect from April 22. F/O. A. MacK. Gunn, M.B., Ch.B., relinquisheshis commission on account of ill health. June 25. Dental Branch.The undermentioned are granted commissions for the duration of hostilities as Flyine Officers: —(June 11) C. M. Beaks, L.D.S.; H. P. Britten, L.D.S.; A. J. D. Gibbings, L.D.S.; W. B. Knap-man, L.D.S.; N. A. McCormick, L.D.S.; W. A. T. Parsons, L.D.S. Chaplains Branch.The undermentioned are granted commissions for the duration of hostilities with the relative rankof Squadron Leader on the dates stated: — (May 27f The Rev. H. W. Langford-Sainsnury; (Jane10) The Rev. P. Birkett, B.A.; The Rev. D. F. Chrissop; The Rev. N. A. F. Townend, B.A.; (June 12) The Rev. D. H. Saunders Davies, M.A.;(June 17) The Rev. H. G. Sellers; (June 19) The Rev. E. McC. Rule, M.A. Auxiliary Air Force General Duties Branch.-F/O. E. S. Williams is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. March 12.P/O. J. B. Selway is promoted to the rank oi Flying Officer. February 1. (Substituted for thenotification in the Gazette of June 11.) F/O. B. D. C. Wilkinson is transferred to theAdministrative and Special Duties Branch. November 2, 1939. Women's Auxiliary Air Force The undermentioned are appointed AssistantSection Officers :—(June 22) Corporal Miss W. F. Ainslie; Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Mrs. M. D. V.Beard; Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Miss M. J. Beattie; Corporal Miss P. S. Curry; Aircraft-woman 1st Class Miss I. Davis; Corporal Miss B. M. Dowding; Sergeant Mrs. F. H. Duff; Air-craftwoman 2nd Class Miss M. H. Duncan; Air- craftwoman 1st Class Miss M. S. Filgate; CorporalMrs. S. Gibbon; Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Miss B. J. Gray: Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Miss P.Hallsmith; Aircraftwoman 1st Class Miss P. Hath- way Jones; Aircraftwoman 1st Class Miss S. D. E.Kettlewell; Sergeant Miss F. E. Knox-Gore; Air- craftwoman 1st Class Miss H. A. M. Mathews;Corporal Miss E. B. Milln; Corporal Miss R. S. Ross; Corporal Miss E. L. G. Stephenson; Air-craftwoman 2nd Class Miss G. Weston; Aircraft- woman Miss M. Wiltshire. The undermentioned officers relinquish theirappointments on the dates stated :—Flight Officer: (June 19) Miss W. R. H. Startin. Assistant Sec-tion Officers: (September 3, 1939) Miss V. E. Scott; (January 4) Mrs. J. M. Shepherd-Graham;(May 31) Mrs. H. M. D. Duff; (June 8) Mrs. N. B. K. Cochran-Patridk; (June 23) Mrs. M. Z.Pain. Assistant Section Officer Lady H. A. Bluntrelinquishes her appointment on ceasing to be em- ployed. May 20. Radiator Sealing Ring /~VN several of the heavier types of v^ aeroplane twin-radiators are fitted to each engine. On the front of these twin-radiators there is a raised flange, and on to this flange the cowling registers. A metal-to-metal contact must be avoided but an efficient weather- ing device provided. Whatever weather- ing is provided must, of course, be oil •and petrol proof, owing to the close proximity to the engines. For this purpose the Empire Rubber Company have designed a Radiator Seal- ing Ring of extruded rubber in a quality which is called "Craftpac." This is a tubing with two projections for fitting over the raised flange on the radiator by Bostick or other methods. It is oil and petrol resistant. In order to avoid too easy a collapsing of the tubular portion, a cured sponge cord is inserted into the tubular cavity, thus ensuring a good cushioning, but one which will not collapse. Particulars as to prices and dimen- sions are to be had direct from the Empire Rubber Company, Dunstable, Beds, who specialise in supplying rubber goods to meet the requirements of any trade problem. Birlec Heavy-service Furnaces A NEW publication issued by Birming-ham Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Erding- ton, Birmingham, 24, describes one of the most popular ranges of standard fur- naces introduced by this firm. Known as the "Heavy Service" type, they are available in convenient sizes developed as a result of actual experience of production requirements. The chief features of these furnaces are the heavy section nickel- chromium resistors, beat into sinuous form and mounted on patented metal hook supports, and the means' taken to provide and maintain uniform heat distribution throughout the furnace. To secure this the elements are so disposed as to heat the charge as uniformly as THE INDUSTRY possible and the heat-output of the ele- ments in various parts is regulated to compensate for heat losses. To neutralise losses near the opening a heating element is incorporated in the door, regulated by a patented control system by which the proportion of heat input from the door element is increased during "soaking" periods, thus maintaining a uniform temperature throughout the heating cycle. The publication includes a brief speci- fication of the structural features and illustrates some of the widely diversified applications of these heat-treatment furnaces. Free copies are obtainable from the address given above. Rivet-salvaging Machine IT costs less to let a rivet lie than topay for the riveter's time to pick it up, but the Glenn L. Martin Company, of Baltimore, found that their cleaners were sweeping up some 6olb. of light metal parts, principally rivets, every day and that this represented a loss of about $60, which is about $15,000 per year. Not even putting a team of boys on sorting the swept-up rivets solved the problem, as their wages were found to be greater than the value of the rivets saved. But the tool design office produced a machine designed to do the work auto- matically. The first process is to pass an electro-magnet over the floor sweep- ings and so remove all the steel parts. Next the rivets are put through a series of sieves which separate the various dia- meters, after which the rivets travel, heads up and shanks down, along an in- clined track from the feeding hopper into teeth cut in the perimeter of a big wheel. A small fixed arm can be adjusted to knock ou either the round-head or the countersunk type into a bin, while the remainder go through and "feel" with their shanks for the flaring springs below, which force them off the wheel into their proper bins. The long shank rivets fall first and the shortest last. To save resorting those of different head shape which were knocked off the wheel, a small machine is available to do a preliminary sorting into head shapes only, and the rivets may be put through this before going to the larger length- sorting machine. This head sorter works at twice the speed of the length sorter, and can do ioolb. of nve-thirty-secondth inch rivets in 8 hours. It is claimed that the expense of running these rivet sorters is small, and that of the $15,000 potential annual loss due to dropped rivets, $12,000 is recovered through the use of the machines. It is obvious that the principle could be applied in many industries using rivets, irrespective of their size. When the tool design office was first presented with this problem they must have regarded it as nearly insoluble. But there is little that modern design cannot do. NEW COMPANY Harman Sirketi (London), Limited, was regis-tered as a " private" company on June 7. with a nominal capital of /500 in 500 shares of /ieach. The objects are to acquire the interest of Mehmet Vedad Kent in the goodwill and under-taking throughout the British Empire of the Turkish company established in Istanbul andcalled Harman Sirketi there (where the said com- pany is the agent, inter alia, for the British PowerBoat Co., Ltd., the Fairey Aviation Co.. Ltd., Denver Equipment Co., Ltd., Henry Hughes &Son, Ltd., Welin-Machlachlan Davits, Ltd., T- Stone & Co., Ltd., Day. Son, & Hewitt, Ltd.,General Aircraft, Ltd., and Goodlass Wall & Co., Ltd.) to act as importers and exporters of allkinds of goods, etc : The directors are: Mehmet Vedad Kent, 8Q,Harley Street, W.i, merchant, and Noel J. Dodd, lH. Essex Street, W.C.2, chartered accountant.No share qualification required; Solicitors: Norman Hart and Mitchell, 21, Parrton Street,S.W.I. The registered office is 19, Berkeley Street. W.i.
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