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APRIL 19TH, 1945 4*5 HERE AND THERE awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander, by the U.S. Government, in recognition of his outstanding services in the Mediterranean theatre of opera- tions from February 29th to June 29th, '944- The decoration was presented to hiswidow, Lady Linnell, by Brig. Gen. E. F. Koenig, U.S.A.A.F., at a special cere-mony in London. A.R.C.S IR STAFFORD CRIPPS Minister otAircraft Production, replying to Mr. Bowles (Lab., Nuneaton) in the Houselast week, said that the Aeronautical Re- search Committee will, as from April 1st,be known as the Aeronautical Research Council, with 14 members, of whomeight, including the chairman, will be non-official members. U.S. Promotions . CHORTLY before he died, President jj % O Roosevelt recommended the promo- tion of three U.S.A.A.F. major-generals to the rank of lieutenant-general. They are Gen. Hoyt Vanderberg, commander of the Ninth Air Force, Gen. Harold Lee George, commander of Air Transport Command, and Gen. John K. Canon, commander of the 12th Air Force. Dilemma for Jerry THE Germans still holding out at St.Nazaire, Lorient and La Rochelle are having life made more difficult for them by the fact that units of the French Air Force operating against them are using German types of aircraft. As some, if not all of these were probably built by the French under German compulsion, there is a touch of poetic justice about it. Good News for Juniors 'THE ban on kite-flying, imposed in J- July, 1940, because it was feared that kites might be used for communi- cating with the enemy, may soon be lifted by the Air Ministry, it was recently announced. At the moment of writing, all school- boys' kites are still grounded, but by the time these words appear in print the urban telegraph wires may be looking their pre-war selves again. For Your Diary HE Graduate and Student Section -*- of the Royal Aeronautical Society has arranged meetings for April 23rd (next Monday) and Friday, May 4th. The former will be addressed by Mr. D. L. Brown, of Miles Aircraft, Ltd., on "Some Aspects of Aircraft Design," and the latter will take the form of an impromptu discussion on a subject (or subjects) to be an- nounced nt the time. Both meetings will be held in the library at 4, Hamilton Place, London, W.i, starting at 7.30 p.m.. and are open to visitors. Sabotage Suspected M. V A SI LI PYAKUBOVSKY,Soviet Charg6 d'Arlaires in Mexico City, has asked the Mexican Foreign Office to make a new enquiry into the causes of the aircraft crash PLACING ON A CHARGE : The phrase, only too familiar to R.A.F. "sprogs,"has a different meaning to this man of the 9th U.S. Armoured Division. He is placing a demolition charge on the engine of an enemy aircraft just in case the captured airfield is counter-attacked. in which the Soviet Ambassador, M. Con-stantine Oumansky, was killed last January. The evening newspaper Prensa Grafica,reporting this, gave the reason for the request as "rumours of sabotage whichhad reached Moscow." It is expected, the paper added, thatthe surviving passengers and witnesses will be questioned again. Swift Expansion \ LTHOUGH the production of natural •£•»• rubber had taken 70 years to in- crease fiom 4,000 tons a year to 781,000 tons in 1941, the output of synthetic rubber had been built up from a mere 1,750 tons in 1939 to about 800,000 tons in 1944. This instructive fact was disclosed byMr. H. Willshaw, of Dunlops, when he recently addressed the Institute of theRubber Industry at Wolverhampton. He also said that it took six skilled mennearly a year's work to make the new tread dies needed when tyres had to turnover from natural to synthetic rubber. To cover the whole range of tyres forthe Services, between 600 and 700 dies had to be either remade or seriously modified. Death of Sir Charles Burnett A IR CHIEF MARSHAL SIRCHARLBS STUART BURNETT, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Commandantof Central Command, Air Training Corps, died in hospital last week at the age of 63. A veteran of the Boer War, he wascommissioned in the R.F.C. in 1914, and the following May was appointed a flightcommander in the famous 17th Squadron, and served with distinction in Egypt andSalonika, and afterwards in the Middle East and India. From 1927 to 1929 hecommanded the Central Flying School of the R.A.F., and was Deputy Chief of AirStr.ff from 1931 to 1933. Later he went to Iraq as A.O.C. British Forces, returnedin 1935 to command the Inland Area, and became A.O.C.-in-C. Training Commandwhen the R.A.F. was reorganised in 1936. Then, early in 1940, Sir Charleswas loaned to the R.A.A.F. as Chief of Air Staff, and was responsible for thebuilding up of that Force. In 1942 Sir Charles returned from Aus-tralia and retired, but took over his last command in 1943. Trade Announcements DAVID BROWN AND SONS,LTD., of Huddersfield, announce that they have now acquired the busi-ness of the Coventry Gear Cutting Co., of Brooklyn Road, Coventry,formerly carriec| on by Mr. F. G. Wells. Mr^JC H. Hargreaves hasbeen apnj»mted manager, but Mr. Wells u*ni continue—as consultant. " My wife picked it up at a k work about a month E aluminium industry in Britain which now employs over 1,000,000 workers, has recently formed the Aluminium Development Association. Its objects are to open new markets home and abroad, and to make available technical advice for the engineer, architect, designer and anufacturer. all of whom are poten- lal users of aluminium and its alloys.
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