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1946
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49* FLIGHT MAY I 6TH, 1946 HERE AND THERE imminent peril of not only losing its headquarters, but of having to be dis- banded because the Air Ministry has so far failed to keep its promise to find them alternative accommodation. This squadron, proudly described by the local Mayor, Alderman F. Thomas, as " one of. the strongest A.T.C. squad- rons in London," played a major part in that excellent film, "Sons of the Air," which was produced by its own commanding officer, Fit. Lt. Edward Jarratt, and the present trouble lias arisen because the school building which has been its headquarters during the war is now wanted back by the local education authorities, who, naturally, have a prior claim to it. Strenuous efforts are, of course, being made to obtain a new home and keep the squadron's flag flying—if it is not too late when these words appear in print, good luck to them ! Legion Tends R.A.A.F. CravesM ORE than 100 men of the R.A.A.F. who lost their lives in the Battle of Britain and the assaults on Germany lie in Stonefall Cemetery, Harrogate (Yorks), and their graves are being tended by the Harrogate Victory Bianch of. the British Legion. Mr. E. Russell-Jones, chairman of the branch, has written to the next of kin of each man stating that a member of the Legion is prepared to take into his care one of the graves. The member will place flowers on the grave on Christ- mas Day and any other anniversary chosen by the relatives. Viscount Lascelles is patron of the branch. "It Makes Yer Think!"W E mentioned, a week or so ago, the formation of a special R.A.F. unit in Germany whose function it is to pro- duce a number of plays and revues for the British Air Forces of Occupation. This unit now has four shows on tour and two more in rehearsal, and nobodv will deny that the men (and women) who have the unenviable job of occupying Germany deserve every consideration in the matter of such things as entertain- ment. But, with its customary generosity, the Board of Trade only granted this unit a beggarly 500 clothing coupons—barely enough to dress one show—and it has been left to the unit's " Waaf " ward- robe mistress to " fiddle " the rest as best she could. To her great credit she seems to have been quite successful. Having read a day or so ago of the many thousands of dresses and costumes which were not denied to the producers of a much-criticized British film, one is moved to echo Douglas Young's famous observation, " It makes yer think! " Air PageantT HE Southampton branch of the Aii League of the British Empire is to hold an air pageant and exhibition in aid of Service charities with the sup- port of the R.A.F., the Naval Air Arm, the S.B.A.C., and the local authorities of Southampton, Winchester, Romsey and Eastleigh. The pageant will be staged at Southampton Airport on Saturday, June 22nd, and the exhibition is to be held in St. Mary's Hall during the pre- ceding week; it will be formally opened on the afternoon of Saturday, June 15th, and close on Friday, June 21st. Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert is to per- form the opening ceremony. News In Brief MARSHAL of the R.A.F. Lord Tedderlast week attended a passing-out ceremony of the R.A.F. Regiment at Belton, near Grantham, and presented a medallion to the "prize cadet," Officer Cadet A. W. Clifford. * * • The New Zealand Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Air Comdre. M. W. Buckley, was reported, as we go to press, to be due to leave for Britain to take up his post as A.O.C. the R.N.Z.A.F. in this country. * * # A B-29 was reported from Manila to have broken the world's altitude record for landplanes in the 10,000 kg class on May 7th by reaching 39,360ft over Guam. The previous highest in this category was 23,759ft. * * * Two R.A.A.F. officers, Fit. Lts. F. J. Blakeney and R. A. Scutt, are to attend London University as winners of research travelling grants of £475 a year under the Gowrie Scholarship Fund established by public subscription in January, 1945, for members of the Australian Forces and their descendants, to commemorate the services of Lord Gowrie, Governor- General of the Commonwealth from 1936 to 1944. JET MAIL PROJECT Miles Aircraft have submitted to the Postmaster General a design, based on the Libellula, the somewhat unorthodox canard or tandem-wing type which has been flying suc- cessfully for the last three years. This project, the M.63B, is intended for high-speed long-range mail-carrying, and can be powered either by two Rolls-Royce Derwent Vs or by three Power Jet W.2/700S. The maximum cruising speed will be 500 m.p.h. for a range of 2,000 miles, and the consumption is estimated at 195 gal/hr for an economical speed of 385 m.p.h. at 36,000ft. The pay- load will be 4,ooolb. The three-jet ver- sion is shown here in model form, with Mr. George Miles, the designer. The tandem-wing ar- rangement, at least in the Libellula form, ~—tr^ should be well •"—-*"' suited to jet unit installation and thrust efficiency. Two medals of the Professional Insti- tute of the Civil Service of Canada have been awarded for work in radio and radar during the war; one to the tech- nical staff of the radio branch of the National Research Council, and the other to Mr. W. A. Rush, Controller of Radi#, Department of Transport. * * * R.A.F. personnel and a detachment of the Royal Marines are to go with the 5,450-ton British cruiser, Bellona, and her escort of destroyers, to attend the sixth anniversary celebrations of the re- capture of Narvik on May 28th. The French Air Force will also be repre- sented. * * • The London Gazette recently an- nounced the reversion to the retired list, at his own request, of Acting Air Vice- Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage who in Febru- ary resigned as Chief Commandant and Director-General of the A.T.C. Sir Leslie was previously chief of Balloon Command and had been Air Attache in Berlin in 1930-31. * * * Four Derby charities divided the net profit of ^673 18s 4d from the week's run at the local Grand Theatre of the Alan Turner Opera Company's produc- tion of the Strauss operetta, " 1,001 Nights." This was the largest amount raised on any single production, and brings the total sum raised for charity by this company to over £2,300. # * # Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Champion de Crespigny, one of the four regional commissioners recently appointed to the British Zone in Germany (his region will be Schleswig Holstein) retired fror / the R.A.F. in 1945 to contest the Newark division of Nottingham in the General Election. He began his Service career as a private in the Australian Army in 1914 and later became a night fighter pilot. He holds the M.C., D.F.C. and Croix de Guerre. * * * Aircraft noses, shields, and turrets an to be among the Perspex exhibits in tin plastics section of the Chemical Research Exhibition to be opened at the rnn" "' Jermyn Street and Lower Regent Street, London, W.i, from June 5th to 28th. Organized by I.C.I., the object 01 un exhibition is to show the achievements of British chemists during the war and their peacetime uses. Proceeds from the ad- mission charge of is go to the Em pin Fund for Cancer Research.
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