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1947
1947 - 0827.PDF
MAY 22ND, 1947 True BenevolenceT HIRTY houses for disabled R.A.F.officers and airmen and their families are being built at Cardiff, Leicester andMorden (Surrey) at a cost of ^53,000, states the annual report of the R.A.F.Benevolent Fund just published. Some of the houses will be allocated to R.A.F.widows with young children. The report also announces that this summer a schoolfor the sons of deceased airmen will re- open at Vaabrugh Castle, Blackheath,London, S.E. This school, damaged by bombing during the war, will accommo-date 45 pupils from the age of seven up- wards, and will aim at providing themwith a start in life when their education '^-. jmpleted. W.A.A.F. Enrolment AS from June 1st, 1947, airwomen willbe enrolled in the W.A.A.F. on a two years' engagement instead of thepresent enrolment for '' duration of present emergency." It is hoped thatthe nucleus of the post-war women's side of the Royal Air Force will be formedfrom amongst those enrolled under the new system and from those who extendtheir service or return to the W.A.A.F. under the extended service scheme an-nounced last November. The "R.A.F. Review" FORMER, as well as serving, membersof the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. will soon be able to obtain the R.A.F.Review. Beginning with' the July issue, the annual subscription will be 7s 6d.Members of the R.O.C. and A.T.C. may also become subscribers, but the Reviewwill not be sold to the general public. A.A.F. Regiment Squadrons FOUR Light A.A. Squadrons of tht-Auxiliary Air Force Regiment willbegin recruiting on June 1st in the Middlesex, Edinburgh, Gloucester andWest Riding areas. The chief need is # FLIGHT VISIT OF ENCOURAGE-MENT: G/C. Douglas Bader has been visiting the U.S.A.,where he has toured Army hospitals to encourage"amputees." G/C. Bader, whose artificial legs permithim to dance and play ten- nis, is seen with GeneralDoolittle, vice-president of the Shell Union Oil Corp.,by which Bader is employed. for ex-R.A.F. Regimentmembers, but other men, particularly those with gun-nery experience, may also apply. Each squadron will befully mobile and equipped, in the same manner as aregular Regiment squadron, as a first-line defence unitfor local A A. and ground defence. The Regiment squadrons will combine forsome exercises with the local A.A.F. fly- ing squadron. Headquarters will be at Stanmore forNo. 2604 (Middlesex) Squadron, at Turnhouse for No. 2603 (Edinburgh)Squadron, at Filton for No. 2501 (Gloucester) Squadron, and at Yeadonfor No. 2609 (West Riding) Squadron. Applicants should write to the Adjutantof the squadron concerned. Training will take place at week-ends,evenings, and an annual 15 days' camp. There is an annual bounty for men, aswell as a travelling allowance and pay or expenses allowance for all ranks for train-ing periods. A 2-Qroup Departure ON May 2nd, at No. 2 Group Head-quarters, Gutersloh, Germany, a farewell dinner and guest night was held to say goodbye to the Air Officer Com- manding, A. V-M. A. L. Paxton, C.B., D.F.C. Among those present were the Air Officer Commanding in Chief, British Air Forces of Occupation, Air Marshal 483 GREETING AT NORTHOLT : Mr. Churchill greeting the crew•*^ which he flew to Pans on May 9th to receive his iliCommand Avro York in Also visiting K. Atcherliy, 1. \\ . Cannon. C. H. Fliim. Militaire. Sir Philip Wiyglfsworth. l\.l',.l < K. D.S.C.. and A. V-M. i' F. Alaitland! C.B.. M.V.O.. A.F.i.. were \. Cdre. K. I. C.li.E., A.F.C., A Cdiv i.B.E., and A. (in C.B.E. Air Marshal Wiggh-swortli gave some statistics concerning 2 Group, which started the war with 79 Blenheims and finished with over 260 Mosquitoes and Mitchells. They operated on the first day of the war against the German fleet at Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven, and 011 the last days of the war were bombing a marshalling yard and airfield not far from these naval depots. In the 5J years between these attacks the Group com- pleted just over 57,000 operational sorties. Trainees from BurmaF IFTY Burmese youths recruited for the Burma Air Force will leave shortly for London to train with 1 hi- Royal Air Force. On return to Burma they, will become instructors at an Air Force Training Centre to be established in accordance with ihe proposed dcd-in e scheme. "Met." Mosquitoes in N.W. Europe GREAT credit for their cout nbutionto the efficient meteorological service in North West Europe is due to No. 13V1 Wing of the British Air Forces of Occu- pation in Germany, whose Mosquitoes, based at Wahn, make two regular uppei air ascents daily 10 take readings and observations up to 30,000ft. For the purpose of aeeuracy it is necessary ior the Mosquitoes to make the ascent withina column of air having a maximum radius of 10 miles, and as the navigator is engaged most of the time in reading meteorological instruments, the aircraft are controlled by •< fishier diniioi post. Apart from taking the instrument read- ings, record is kept <>t the height ol base and tops of cloud, the amount and type of cloud, details of precipitation, i< \<>x conditions and the formation o| 1 on densation trails. All the information gathered is passed to the duty meteoro- logical officer, who codes it and passes it on to Air Headquarters, Germany, whence it is signalled to every meteoro- logical station. The nights are marie at first light and at noon each dav, and in spite of the length and severity of the German winter remarkably few have been cancelled. On some occasions the aircraft have run into f
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