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JANUARY IITH, 1945 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE man transport, adhering to the leadingedge, there has been a new term in use for low-level attacks on that part of thefront. They call it going in at mud level. U.S. Armament SwitchT HE U.S. is to cut down machine gunproduction for aircraft, which is ahead of schedule, to release man-powerfor more critical ordnance items in view of recent appeals for increased ammuni-tion output, the War Production Board announced. This revision will release some 6,000workers from five factories when it be- comes effective. R.A.F. Training in Canada WITH the closing, on February 2nd,of the R.A.F. Training Centre at Port Albert, Ontario, the last of the airschools opened in Canada exclusively for the R.A.F. will disappear. In futureBritons will train alongside Canadians, New Zealands, Australians and other Em-pire airmen. The R.A.F. dispersal centre at Monc-ton, New Brunswick, will, however, con- tinue to operate for British airmen arriv-ing in Canada. Lost with Leigh-Mallory AMONG the crew of the aircraft inwhich Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafiord and Lady Leigh-Mallory were recentlylost, was an Australian wireless-operator- air gunner, Fit. Lt. J. A. Casey,R.A.A.F., a native of Sydney. Fit. Lt. Casey was posted to a Sunder-land squadron after special courses in Britain and, after completing a tour ofoperations, was signals officer in another Sunderland unit when selected for SirTrafford's aircrew. Pioneer in Pneumatics MR. JOHN HALL, who joined Dun-lops more than 50 years ago in the world's first pneumatic tyre workshop inDale Street, Coventry, and ultimately became works manager of their modernplant, has died in Birmingham at the age of 75. After retiring in the summer of 1939,when Sir George Beharrell, the firm's chairman, presented him with a silvercasket on behalf of his colleagues and the workers, Mr. Hall returned in 1941to help in the war effort. With Compliments A GOLD CUP, the gift of Wing Cdr.E. J. R. Hack, was recently pre- sented to the High Commissioner forSouth Africa, Mr. Heaton Nichols, by the Air Member for Personnel, Air Mar-shal Sir Bertine E. Sutton. The cup bears the inscription "Presented by theRoyal Air Force to the South African Air Force as a token of comradeship andesteem, 1944." The presentation took place at the AirMinistry, and among those present was Mr. John Martin, who represented SouthAfrica at the Chicago Air Conference. Wing Cdr. Hack has given similar cupsfor presentation to Other air forces of the Empire. Plastics at Play AIR MARSHAL SIRLESLIE GOSSAGE will be the guest of honour atthe annual dinner and dance of the Southern Section ofthe Institute of the Plastics Industry, to be held at thePolygon Hotel, Southamp- ton, on Friday, January26th. The function is being ruuin conjunction with the Mitchell Spitfire Fund, andtickets, which are 12s. 6d. each, can be obtained fromthe Hon. Sec, 131, Belle- moor Road, Southampton. Tribute to the A.T.C. N OBODY recognisesbetter than I do the magnificent job the A.T.C.has done — and is still doing," says Air Marshal SirPhilip Babington, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fly-ing Training Command, Royal Air Force, in a NewYear message to the Corps. '' For many, air crewtraining started when they joined the A.T.C. Goodtraining can never afford to be static, and is never fin-ished, because new develop- ments are always arising.So it is up to us to ensure that training shall be maintained'highest possible level at all times CARGO-CARRIER : Converted from a merchant-man, this "baby flat-top" of the Royal Navy carries a cargo as "well as providing protection forthe Atlantic convoy. It is here seen loading wheat through grain chutes at a Canadian port. our air at the Tough "Taf" TDETWEEN D-Day JLJ 1944- the 2nd and the end ofT.A.F. recorded 16,000 operations, their total for the yearbeing nearly 20,000. Altogether they have made more than1,024,000 sorties against German armour, supplies and transport targets anddropped more than 38,000 tons of bombs —a remarkably good tonnage for a com-mand which does not include any heavy Douglas A-26 Invader (two 2,000 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Double Wasps.) bombers but is equipped with Mustangs, Mitchells, Bostons, Mosquitoes, Spitfires, Typhoons and Tempests. For the Next "Ark Royal" A SILVER ship's bell subscribed forby the surviving officers and men of the aircraft carrier, PI.M.S. Ark Royal,lost in 1941, will be inherited by the next ship of that name, which, incidentally, ..will be the fourth of her line. The bell, which weighs over 2cwt. andmeasures I9in. across the mouth, was cast last month at the famous bell-foun-dry of Gillet and Johnson, at Croydon, in the presence of the First Lord and afew of the last Ark Royal's officers and men, and it now hangs at the entranceto the wardroom of the Naval Air Arm Headquarters.At midnight on. New Year's Eve the traditional iG bells was struck by theyoungest officer of the station—an old naval custom. Miles M.60 on Order MILES AIRCRAFT, LTD., have re-ceived an order from the Ministry qf Aircraft Production for a number offeeder-line aircraft of their own design to the requirements of the BrabazonCommittee. The aircraft, which in the meantime will be known as the M.Go,will be a four-engined 14-seater with a crew of two. It has been designed foruse in any part of the world, is of all- metal construction and fitted with apressure cabin if desired. The maxi- mum range on standard tankage will f>e1,000 miles.
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