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1940
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AUGUST 8, 1940 SERVICE AVIATION Empire Air Training : Parade at the R.C.A.F. Station at Ontario. Royal Air Force Official Announcements - -if::- Duke of Kent at R.A.F. Station OFFICERS and airmen of Genera] de Gaulle'sarmy oi Free Frenchmen who have takenpart in recent raids with the R.A.F. were intro- duced to the Duke of Kent when he visited anR.A.F. station in East Anglia. The Duke ol Kent, who holds the rank of Group Captain,•was accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal J. E. A. Baldwin, made a complete tour of the station inhis capacity as welfare officer. Qrenada's Contribution LORD LLOYD. Secretary for the Colonies, hassent the following telegram to the Governorof the Windward Islands:—"1 have learned with admiration and appreciation of the generous giftof £6.200 from the people of Grenada to the Grenada War Purposes Committee. As requested,£5,000 is being paid to the Ministry of Aircraft Production for the purchase of a fighter plane andthe balance to the four charities named." R.A.F. Canadian Mail /CORRESPONDENCE and parcels addressed toVy personnel of the Royal Air Force who are at present training in Canada should be addressed asfollows:—Air Force Number. Rank. Name. Unit (including the letters " R.A.F."), c/o The RoyalCanadian Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa, On- tario, Canada. The sender's name and addressshould always be shown clearly on the outside of the packet, preferably on the back in the case ofletters. In no case, however, should these particu- lars obscure or prevent the easy and quick readingof the name and address of the addressee. Training Appointments new Directors have been appointed-I- undeT Air Vice-Marshal Garrod, the recently appointed Air Member for Training. Air Comdre.A. J. Capel, D.S.O., D.F.C., will be Director of Operational Training; Air Comdre. A. H. Orlebar,A.F.C., will be Director of Flying Training, and Group Capt. M. Thomas, D.F.C., A.F.C., has beengiven the Directorate ot Technical Training. All three officers come to the Air Ministry withexperience in operational command, and all three have served in the intantry in the last war. AirComdie. Capel was Senior Air Staff Officer of the Royal Air F'orce component of the British Expedi-tionary Force, having served with the Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps since 1915. Hecommanded a squadron in India between 1923 and 1928, and received the D.F.C. lor gallantry duringoperations in Waziristan. Air Comdre. Orlebar was seconded from th£Infantry to the Royal Flying Corps in May, 1916, and served as a pilot both in France and at home.He is best known from his association with the R.A.F. High-Speed Flight, which he commandedin the years 1929 and 1931, when the teams under his training won the Schneider Trophy contestoutright for Britain. He at one time held the world's speed record on a Supermarine S.6 at 357.7m.p.h. Recently he has been on the staff at Fighter Commajid. Group Capt. Thomas served as a riflleman inthe 16th London Regiment in 1914, receiving a commission in 1916. He became a Flying Officerin the R.F.C. in 1917, and was granted a per- manent commission in the R.A.F. in 1919. Inaddition to staff and flying duties at home, he has also served in Mesopotamia and India. He receivedthe D.F.C. for distinguished services during active " Flight " photograph. Air Commodore A. H. Orlebar, A.F.C., appointed Director of Flying Training. service operations in Iraq in 1922 and the A.F.C.for distinguished services during the 1914-18 war. Belgian Air Force A FTER reorganisation, Belgian Forces are now•£*- again taking an active part in the war. Air squadrons are fighting in co-operation with theR.A.F., and new units will be recruited from Belgian volunteers who have come from the Con-tinent to continue the fight. Since most of the Belgian equipment was of British manufacture—they had. for instance. Hawker Hurricaries, Gloster Gladiators, and Fairey Battles—no diffi-culty should be experienced in falling in with the new regime. R.A.F. Sergeants Decorated /~kN Monday of last week, at a Bomber Command^-^ station in the Midlands, fifteen sergeants were decorated with the D.F.M-. by Air Marshal..Sir Charles Portal, Air Officer Commanding-in- ' Chief. Bomber Command. They included a pilot,four observers and ten air gunners, and some were not yet completely recovered from wounds re- -•ceived in action. Sgt. Gamble attended the parade . in an invalid chair. He was a gunner in amachine which was attacked by a formation of He. 113s. Despite the fact that he was wounded1in both legs, he continued firing with great skill" and until intercommunication was- broken,;'described accurately to his pilot the tactics of the enemy fighters. . \. The pilot decorated was Sgt. H. S. Gunning, and-,he received his medal for an achievement while on." reconnaissance over the Heligoland Bight. As hecame through the clouds he observed an enemy* submarine on the surface. Diving to the attackhe dropped four bombs between the stern and the. . conning tower. Prisoners of War FOLLOWING is the latest list of Britishprisoners of war in enemy hands, as broadcast by German radio :Sgt. H. G. Cumpsey (wounded), Kilcrcggan, Scotland; Sgt. Murray (shot <jnwn near St. Orner^.*June 30), Bromley, Kent; Sgt. U. C. Dusn'i:: (wounded), address not given; Sgt. Hawkins' (shcfdown near St. Omer, June 30), Muswell Hill, Ixindon, N.12; Sgt. Roach (shot down near Nor-foux, June 30), Newport; Sub. Lt. Cadell (shot down near AlsmeTe, July 2). address unknown;Sgt. Caldwell (shot down near Kiel), Cheetham, Manchester, 8; G. Coyne, Gravesend, Kent; A.Land, Leeds; A. Bell. Thornaby-on-Tees; D. Camp- bell. Aberdeen; D. Holliday, Pickering, Yorks; £-.McLaughlin, Perthshire, Scotland: A. Edwards, Wolverhainpton; L. B. Lyons, Brighton; A. Brill,.Bradford, Yorks; H. J. NoUey, Leek, SUffa.
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