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493 FLIGHT NOVEMBER 7™, 1946 ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVES New Scheme for University Air Squadrons : Recruiting for the Auxiliary Air Force to Commence at Once UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRONSD URING last week details of the new scheme for themaintenance of eleven University Air Squadrons and for the commencement of recruiting for Auxiliary AirForce units have been announced- With the beginning of the academic year the new scheme for the eleven University AirSquadrons comes into operation. The Universities, names and addresses of Commanding Officers and the airfields fromwhich the squadrons will operate are as follows: Aberdeen: Fit. Lt. A. A. Francis; Marischal College, Dyce."Belfast (Queen's): Fit. Lt. C. C. Johnston; 18, College Gardens; Alder grove.Birmingham: Fit. Lt. S. J. Fielden; University of Bir- mingham; Castle Bromwich. Cambridge: Wing Cdr. Viscount Acheson, O.B.E.; FenCauseway; Marshall's. Edinburgh: Fit. Lt. D. W. Gallogher; 41, George Street,8; Turnhuuse. Glasgov?: Fit. Lt. R. A. Innes; 4, University Gardens;Abbot'& Inch. London: Wing Cdr. D. W. Reid, D.F.C. ; Imperial College,Exhibition Road, S.W.7; Biggin Hill. Manchester: Fit. Lt. I. T. Chambers, D.F.C.; 12, LimeGrove; Barton. Nottingham: Fit. Lt. E. Cornish; 72-74, Broadgate, Bee-ston; Hucknall. Oxford: Wing Cdr. J. R. A. Embling, D.S.O. ; ManorRoad; Shellingford. Southampton: Fit. Lt. K. S. Booth, A.F.C. ; UniversityCollege; Eastleigh. The scheme, which is on a provisional basis, is designed fortwo classes of students—ex-R.A.F. pilots, and men who have not served in any of the armed forces. The second categorywill be able to prepare themselves for commissions in both regular and non-regular Air Forces and complete the basicflying training syllabus during their University course. Ex- R.A.F. pilots will be able to keep in flying practice. Ranks The ranks of members of the squadrons will be as follows <ex-R.A.F. officer pilots will be given short period commission as Flight Lieutenant or below and ex-R.A.F. airmen pilotsas Pilot Officer. New recruits will have the rank of cadet pilot and the status of officer cadet. Members of the squadrons will be required to complete atleast 20 hours' flying training each year during term time, and 15 days' continuous training at an R.A.F. station duringvacation. Ground training will also be provided as necessary. The- Universities interested primarily in engineering—Birming-ham, Nottingham and Southampton—are expected to provide candidates for the technical branch of the Air Force, but allUniversity squadrons will work to the same flying and ground syllabus. As a start Oxford, Cambridge and London squadrons willeach be equipped' with three Tiger Moths, rising to five; all others except Glasgow will have two Tiger Moths, rising tothree. Glasgow will be equipped with Magisters. Members of the staff, being regular officers, will wear uniformduring working hours; other members of the squadron will only wear uniform as ordered on special occasions. University students who wish to join their air squadronshould apply to the Commanding Officer of the unit concerned at the addresses given above. Ex members of Services other than the Ro3?al Air Forceare necessarily excluded from~~this scheme because of liability to recall to their Service. THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE Recruiting for the reconstituted Auxiliary Air Force willopen on Friday, November 8th. The flying squadrons will con- sist of four light bomber, 13 day fighter and three night fightersquadrons. Each squadron will be a fully equipped front-line fighting unit, and there will be vacancies not only for flyingmembers but also for ground trades and for technical, medical, administrati\-e and equipment duties. About half the flyingpersonnel in each squadron will be commissioned. Officers will be commissioned for five years and airmen will sign onfor four years. Applicants must be ex-members of the RoyaL Air Force, British subjects, and medically fit. For flying duiJtKcandidates must not have attained the age of 30 on the date of application, for technical duties the age limit is up to 35,for administration or equipment duties up to 50, and for medical duties up to 40. For ground trades the age limit is38 on the date of application. Rates ol Pay Provided they have fulfilled their training obligations,namely, 15 days' continuous training, each year, plus 100 hours' non-continuous training during the evenings and 12week-ends, and including a total of 125 hours' flying, pilots and navigators will receive an annual retaining fee of ^35. Officers will be paid at normal Service rates for the annualcamp and other periods of continuous training of more than 48 hours. For periods of less than 48 hours a training expenseallowance of is 6d per hour up to a daily maximum-of 9s will be paid. Provision is also made for travelling expenses, medicalbenefits and compensation for injury or death. The bounty for airmen is £8 a year made up of two parts,£5 for fulfilling mjnimum requirements, and a further £3 for satisfactory fulfilment of extra training. For the annual camp and unbroken training periods of over48 hours men will be paid at normal airmen rates; for periods of less than 48 hours an hourly expense allowance from o.dto is 6d according to rank and duty, and with a daily maxi- mum, will be payable. To qualify for the minimum bounty,airmen must do 15 days' continuous training, 30 hours' non- continuous training in the, evenings and six week-ends. Toearn the extra £3 they must do a further four week-ends and an additional 12 hours in the evenings. Uniform will beissued to airmen free of charge. Pamphlets outlining conditions of service are obtainablefrom squadrons or from the local County Territorial Army and / ;.r Force Association. Squadron commanders will recruittheir squadrons locally under the direction of the County Asso- ciations. The numbers of the squadrons and names of com-manding officers were published in Flight of September 5th, 1946. The addresses are: No. 500 (County of Kent): West Mailing, Maidstone, Kent.No. 501 (County of Gloucester): Filton, Nr. Bristol. No. 502 (Ulster): Aldergrove, Crumlin, Co. Antrim.No. 504 (County of Nottingham): Hucknall. Nottingham. No. 600 (City of London): Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent.No. 601 (County of London): The Hyde, Hendon, N.W.9. No. 602 (City of Glasgow) : Abbot's Inch, Renfrewshire.No. 603 (City of Edinburgh): Turnhouse, Edinburgh, 12. No. 604 (County of Middlesex): The Hyde, Hendon,N.W.9. No. 605 (County of Warwick): Honiley, Kenilworth, War- wickshire. No. 607 (County of Durham): Ouston, Stamfordham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. No. 608 (North Riding): Thornaby, Yorks. ft No. 609 (West Riding): Church Fenton, Tadcaster, Yorks.- No. 610 (County of Chester): Hooton Park, Wirral, Cheshire. No. 611 (West Lancaster): Woodvale, Formby, Liverpool. No. O12 (County of Aberdeen): Dyce, Aberdeenshire. No. 613 (City of Manchester): Ringway, near Manchester. No. 614 (County of Glamorgan): Llandow, Cowbridge, . Glam organ shire. No. 615 (County of Surrey): Biggin Hill, Westerham. Kent. No. 616 (County of Yorkshire): Finningley, Doncaster. Yorks. It is of interest to recall that the Auxiliary Air Force repre- sents the fusion of the original Auxiliary Squadrons and the Special Reserve Squadrons, and is the "Territorial Army" ot the R.A.F. It was brought into being by the Auxiliary Air Force and Air Force Reserve Act of 1924.
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