FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1946
1946 - 1753.PDF
SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1946 TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND 5 SEf5 FLIGHT STATION Pcbden Hilton Kirkham Locking Melksham Madley. St. Athan Weeton Coningsby WaddingtonL;adholme Hemswell I'pwood Mirliam NEAREST TOWNSaffron Walden AylesburyPreston Weston-super-Mare Melksham HerefordCardiff Preston COUNTYEssex BucksLancashire Somerset Wilts HerefordshireGlamorgan l-ancashire BOMBER COMMAND Lincoln LincolnDoncaster GainsboroughHuntingdon King's LvnnMoreton-in-Marsh Gloucester Silverstone To wees torNorth Luffenham Oakham CottesmoreSwinderby ' Finningiey- OakhamLincoln Doncaster Lines. Lines.•Yorkshire Lines.Hunts. NorfolkGloucestershire NorthantsRutland RutlandLines. Yorkshire FIGHTER COMMANDHorsham St. Norwich Suffolk Faith | COASTAL COMMANDTSt. Eval Wadebridge Cornwall ^Eeuchars Fife FitrshireAidergrove Crumlin Co. Antrim, N.I. MAINTENANCE COMMAND 21G M.U. Sutton . Loluneici 3 M.U. Milton7 M.U. Quedgeley 51 M.U. Lichfield57 M.U. Wig Bav 272 M.U. Killadeas273 M.U. Polebrook 274 M.U. Swan DingLon20 fc.U. Aston Down 29M.IJ. HighFmUl 44 M.U. Edzell48 M.U. Hawarden 13 M.U. Henlow32 M.U. St. Athan 24 M.U.-Terohiil 213 M.U. Greenock84 M.U. Mount Batten Birmingham Abingdon GloucesterLichfield StranraerEnuiskillen PeterboroughNorwich Stroud Wellington BrechinChester HitchinCardiff MarketDrayton GlasgowPlymouth Warwickshire Berks. GloucestershireStaffs. WigtownshireN. Ireland Northanls.Norfolk • Gloucestershire Shropshire AngusCheshire Beds.Glamorgan Shropshire RenfrewshireDevon Qreek Decorations for R.A.F. Officers ^ AT the Creek Embassy on August 27ththe King of the Hellenes conferred Greek decorations on the following RoyalAir Force officers: — GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX : — Air Chief Marshal Sir J.Slessor. KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF GEORGE I: —• Air Marshal Sir L H.Slatter. KNIGHTS COMMANDERS OF THE ORDEK OF THE PHOENIX:— Air Vice-MarshalE. B. C. Betts and Air Vice-Marshal F. F. Inglis. RECREATIONAL : Dedicated to the memory of the late Wing Commander H. G.Malcolm, V.C., No. 12 Malcolm Club, at Gatow, Germany, is typical of sixteen clubs now functioning in the British zone. The building, which was originallythe Luftwaffe Officers' Mess has a lounge-hall, a canteen seating 300, bar, read- ing room, library, waiting-room, games room and barber's shop. COMMANDER GEORGE I:—Jackman. OF Air THE ORDERCommodore H. OF D. " Flight " photograph. SEAFIRE 47 : Contra-rotating Rotol airscrews, folding wings and full Naval equipment characterize this newest deck-landing development in the amazingSpitfire/Seafire series. Performance is little lower than that of the Spitfire Hastings ChristeningT HE RT. WORSHIPFUL THEMAYOR OF HASTINGS (Coun- Bristol 170—Military Version /cm°* F- w- Chambers O.B.E., J.P.)J . V^ was due to perform the christening cere-mony of the Handley Page Hastings at Radlett on Wednesday, September 4th.The Hastings is the largest and fastest R.A.F. transport aircraft. Science in Singapore «*-^E VERY night a small group of scien-tists in Singapore is able to hold a consultation with colleagues in Englandand exchange information vital to their research work. This has been made pos-sible by Mr. G. S. Garfitt, who wears the R.A.F. "Official Duties" Bash onhis shoulder and has gone to Malaya to - study scientific problems connected withthe development of safer flying. He ha3 . given up every moment of his spare timeto produce a radio-communication system which keeps the Singapore teamin constant touch with their headquar- ters in England, 8,000 miles away—making expert advice from Britain's entire scientific organization readilyavailable. Problems which may have arisen during the day's work can beconveniently talked over in the small liours of the morning when conditions forradio communications are most suitable. Air Marshal Q. O. Johnson Retires ^H ON. COLIN GIBSON, Canadian AirMinister, has announced the retire- ment of Air Marshal G. O. Johnson,C.B., M.C., who returned to Canada early in August from this country, wherehe had served" as Air Officer Commander- in-Chief of the R.C.A.F. overseas. Hehad held this post since early in 1945 when he succeeded Air Marshal L. S.Breadner, C.B., D.S.C. A native of Woodstock, Ontario, AirMarshal Johnson had a distinguished SOME interesting data have beenissued concerning a proposed mili- tary version of the Bristol 170 Freighter.This machine, with two Hercules engines, has a normal all-up weight of37,000 1b and an overload weight of 39,500 lb. With 600 gallons of fuel theuseful loads are 8,750 lb and 11,252 lb respectively. Typical loads are: 3-ton Fordson;Austin truck; Bedford truck; two 15- cwt trucks; 15-cwt truck with trailer;15-cwt. truck, 25-pdr gun and,two men;, 17-pdr gun, 40 rounds and six men; 40-mm. A. A. gun; tractor caterpillar; caterpillar grader 33; 32 stretcher casesand six attendants. r
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
