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--—. " — MAY 7TH, 1942 FLIGHT 4yj HERE AND THERE Correction ON page 410 of Flight of April 23rd, there was a picture of a group of R.A.F. personnel at an air gunners' school of Training Command. The cap tion described them as "pupils," but it should have stated that they were air gunner instructors who were attending an air gunnery.conference at the school. They Also — Save ! PILOTS and ground personnel of a night fighter squadron in the North- East have organised their own National Savings group. In a month ^45 was contributed. -.^Posters by an aircrafthand who was a commercial artist are displayed throughout the squadron offices. A typical poster shows Hitler seeing stars after a blow on the head from a money bag. "Henry Spurrier" Memorial A FUND to endow a scholarship and to institute an annual memorial lecture in memory of the late Henry Spurrier, has recently been opened under the chairmanship of E. S. Shrapnell- Smith, C.B.E. Henry Spurrier, who died last month in his 75th year, was for 40 years man aging director of Leyland Motors, Ltd., which he founded, and since 1895 had spent his life in pioneering and estab lishing commercial road transport. Cadet D.R.s for Civil Defence MEMBERS of the Air Training Corps, Army Cadet Force and Junior Training Corps may volunteer for part- time messenger duty, as cyclists or motor cyclists, with Civil Defence Ser vices and the National Fire Ser vice. When trained, they will be wanted only during or imme diately after air raids, and their duties will involve risk and call •ajjior coolness and courage. Each of the Civil Defence Services has its own Messenger Service and the scheme also applies to the Police Auxiliary- Messenger Service, but in view of their Corps obligations, volun teer cadets will not have to per form the usual minimum number of hours' duty. When on duty as a messenger, the - cadet will wear his own Corps uniform with a special Civil Defence armlet. The Trojan Horse WE have just received a copy of the first issue of The Martin Star, a new house journal of the Martin aircraft factory at Baltimore, and in an editorial entitled "A Message from the. Chief," Glenn L, Martin gives a warning to his workpeople of the need to be on their guard against the fifth-columnist. We have seen w hole countries weakened for the kill A "Neutral" Point of View HERE is what a young citizen of small neutral State wrote to tl Air Gunner, Sgt. Kenneth 0. Mackay, D.F.M. of No. 97 Squadron, who was among those decorated for the now famous daylight raid on Augsburg, is in civil life a member of the staff of one of Flight's associated journals. He described the new Lancaster bomber as "a wonderful aircraft." The cita tion appears on p. 462. by the Trojan Horse within—spies, saboteurs and propagandists," he says. '' These must be the concern of every one of us, even while we bend our every effort towards production." A most timely reminder to all! lt*s all part of the "Keep 'em Flying" service. a the Air Ministry recently. For obvious reasons-his name and nationality are not given. "For a long time I've been thinking to write a letter to vou. Reading to-day an article 'Fly with the R.A.F..' I made up my mind. "Here it goes. Though I am a neutral by birth, I am English by heart. I am sure that if the gangsters win this war both my family and I shall be mal treated. And so I say: 'Have I got the right to be here seated with my arms across, while in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, millions of others are fighting tor the welfare of Humanity, which is the same as for my own welfare? ' No, I think that is to be too selfish. And that is why I write to you, sirs. To ask you to be so kind as to tell me if, not being British, I may join the R.A.F. or any other branch of His Majesty's Army or Navy. "I must tell you that I am 20 years of age, physically fit, and above all— I HATE those Germans." New B.S.I. Specifications NEW specifications relating to splines and serrations and their gauges, to cover those types and sizes commonly used in aircraft production, have re cently been issued by the British Stan dards Institution. A committee of the S.B.A.C. investi gated the matter in collaboration with the M.A.P. and B.S.I,, and it was con sidered that the existing gauge toler ances were not appropriate for wartime production in that the variety of fits provided were unnecessary for aircraft purposes. The new standards provide for one class of fit only for serrations, namely, a sliding fit between the easy and close sliding fits of the 1929 standard, and two classes of fits for splines—easy sliding and close sliding fits. Prepared by the S.B.A.C. committee, they are termed "British Standard Specifications for Spline Shafts and Holes for Aircraft (B.S. No: A.20) 1942, and Serrations and Serration Gauges (B.S. No. A.19) 1942." A OPEN-AIR " WIND TUNNEL": This is an engine "test bench " used at the Boeing factory at Seattle. The dummy wing section is mounted on a circular rail track which enables it to face into wind, and the device is equipped to provide a close check < Stars in Uniforms TALENT hunt at a Fighter Command group in the North-East has produced a num ber, of promising candidates for the B.B.C.'s " Women at War " programme. Among them is a 24-year-old W.A.A.F. corporal who has played principal bov in panto mime, toured with Gertie Gitana and G. H. Elliott, and played in repertory. Another artist is a sergeant with wide experience of operatic and dramatic society work who has broadcast in alia. Then there are a L.A./CW. who holds five certifi-
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