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226 FLIGHT MARCH 13TH, 1947 Royal Air Force and Naval Avia- tion News and Announcements Spot of comfort: The N.A.A.F.I.van dispenses the ever-welcome mu;s of "char" at a fighterstation equipped wfth Meteor Ills. It will be gathered thatthe scene was not enacted during recent weeks. SERVIC IVIATION Appointments THE Air Ministry announces the fol-lowing appointments: — Air Vice-Marshal Robert MordauntFoster, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy).Air Vice-Martial Kenneth Malise St. Clair Graeme Leask, C.B., M.C., to beDirector-General of Servicing and Main- tenance, Air Ministry.Air Vice-Marshal Robert Owen Jones, C.B., A.F.C., to be Air Officer Com-manding, No. 24 Group, Technical Training Command. Air Vice-Marshal Foster has been AirOfficer Commanding No. 3 Group, Bomber Command, since July, i946-and was formerly Air Officer Command- ing, R.A.F., Austria, and also Chiofof the Air Division of the Control Com- mission for Austria (British Element),from August, 1945. He previously com- manded the Desert Air Force, taking up'that appointment in December, 1944, after having been Air Officer Command-ing in Malta from March of that year. Before going to Malta he had been forsix months on the Allied Military Con- trol Commission, Italy. Born in September, 1898, at Richmond,Surrey, he was educated at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Camber-ley, and was commissioned in the Royal Fusiliers in July, 1916, obtaining a per-manent commission in the R.A.F. in 1919.Air Vice-Marshal Leask has been A.O.C. No. 24 Group since January,1944, and was formerly A.O.C. No. 43 Group, Maintenance Command, fromNovember, 1940. F"or some years pre- viously he was engaged on equipment(engineering) staff duties at Bomber Command headquarters.Commissioned in the Devon Regiment in November, 1914, he transferred tothe Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and was given a permanent commission in theR.A.F. in 1919, later qualifying at a specialist engineering course.Born, on October 30, 1896, at Stoke Damerel, Devonport, he was educatedat St. Bees, Cumberland, and Victoria College, Jersey.Air Vice-Marshal Jcnes has been head of the planning staff which was set up at the Air Ministry last April in con-nection with the formation of the new technical services organization of theR.A.F. Before then he was for nearly three years Deputy-Controller of Re-search and Development at the Ministry of Aircraft, Production (afterwardsmerged in the Ministry of Supply). Earlier in the war he was with theBritish "Air Commission in Washington. Born in April, 1901, he was educatedat Ashbourne Grammar School, Epworth College, Rye, and the College of Tech-nology, Manchester University. Canadian Sea Furies A NUMBER of Hawker Sea Fury Xfighters will be delivered almost immediately to the Royal CanadianNavy. These aircraft, to full British Admiralty specification, will have allavailable alternative equipment and armament. A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd.,will be responsible for' any major main- tenance and repair work. R.C.A.F. Orders Transports ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE in-terest in the Merlin-powered DC-4M was mentioned in Flight of February13th. It is now confirmed that twelve military versions, known as C-54 G-M,are in production at the Canadian fac- tory. These are described as long-rangefreighters. Airmen and Industry A IRMEN who received war-time train-•^~* ing in certain trades and completed five years' service in their trade are noweligible for admission as skilled men in certain engineering and allied civilianoccupations. Their admission as fully skilled members of the appropriate tradeunion is a matter for negotiation between the airmen and the union concerned. R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. Recruitment IT has been found necessary, due tothe fuel crisis, to suspend temporarily all direct entry from civil life into theW.A.A.F. This restriction does not apply to ex-airwomen who wish to re-enter the W.A.A.F. under the Extended ServiceScheme. Regular recruiting for the R.A.F. and re-enlistment of men underthe Bounty Scheme is not affected. Reunions The second annual reunion dinner of83 Group will take place on March 28th (1900 hrs) at the Connaught Rooms, Gt.Queen Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. The chair will be taken by SirW. M. Dickson, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C., and the guest of honour will beAir Marshal Sir Hugh W. L. Saunders, K.B'E., C.B., M.C., D.F.C., M.M. A reunion dinner and dance of 102(Ceylon) Sqdn. will be held on May 10th at the Cafe Royal, Regent Street, Lon-don, W.i. Tickets one guinea each. Particulars from R. F. Gomm, 92, ForestRoad, Loughton, Essex. * * * In preparation for resumed activitiesmembers of the Royal Air Force, Middle East, Dinner Club arc requested to for-ward addresses and rank (to confirm or correct the register) to the Hon. Treas.,R.A.F.M.E. Dinner Club, c/o Messrs. Nicholas and Dixon-Spain, 19, HanoverSquare, W.i. * * * A reunion dinner for former members(male) of 619 Squadron will be held at the Connaught Rooms, Gt. Queen Street,Kingsway, London, W.C.2, on May 2nd, at 6.30 for 7 p.m. Tickets—17s Oil eac*"—should be requested, not later than March 15th from P. S. Osborne, A. K.Heathcote and Co., Ltd., Bernard Works, Sheffield, 1. Casualties THE Air Ministry regrets to announcethat a Dakota aircraft of Air Com- mand, Far East, which took off fromChangi, Singapore, on February 26th, 1947, to fly to Saigon, is missing. Theoccupants of the aircraft were:— Passengers: Mr. J. K. Johnston ; llr.Eumitrescu; Brigadier J. H. Alms, Army; F L. T. C. Taylor, R.A.F.; F/L.A\ E. Darlow, R.A.F.; F/S. T- E. Bull-
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