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1947
1947 - 1060.PDF
JUNE 26TH, 1947 SERVICE AVIATION of the best starting lines for sailing races in the district. Winter Sports President AIR VICE-MARSHAL K. M.FOSTER, Assistant Chief of AirStaff (Policy), has accepted the presi- dency of the recently formed R.A.F.Winter Sports Association. R.O.C. Recruiting SINCE the Royal Observer Corps beganto re-form last November nearly11,056 men and women have been en- rolled. The figures for May were 409 men and 48 women. Membership is still open to men and women over 16 and below 45, for Centre service, and below 50 for Post service. The Britannia Shield /COMPETING teams of all nations^—' taking part in the contest for the Britannia Shield during Battle-of-Britainweek will arrive in this country on Mon- day, September 15th, and will beofficially welcomed on behalf of the Air Council on the following day. The com-petition is open to members of the Armed Forces of nations who took part in theBattle of Britain, or whose Armed Forces were assembled on British soilbetween 1940 and 1945. Fencing competitions will be held atthe London Fencing Club's headquarters on September 17th and 18th; the cross-country run on September 18th will be over a five-mile course, starting fromR.A.F. Station Hal ton, and the shooting will be at Bisley on several days duringthe week. Eltham Baths will be used for the swimming events on September17th, and the finals of the boxing and the presentation of the Shield will takeplace at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on September 19th. On September 21stcompetitors will attend the Battle of Britain service. r SOME CONSOLATION : Some of the cadets who were disappointed in not being selected to travel with the Royal Family to South Africa were taken to Norway in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Vengeance. Admiral Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord, is seen with cadets of the Royal Marines and A.T.C. and Sea Cadets. E.A.N.S. Missions AFTER spending a fortnight with •B.A.F.O. units in Germany, flyingin the Halifax Sirius, a liaison mission from the Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury, visited the French School of Navigation at Caseaux on June 16th. A similar visit was made last December, and in August, 1946, a mission from the French school visited Shawbury, where several of its students had received train- ing. On June 18th another E.A.N.S. mis- sion, flying in the Lincoln II Aries II, left for the Middle East. Twelve mem- bers of the crew are making the trip, which is planned to last for three weeks. TOURNAMENT REHEARSAL : Afine display by W.A.A.F. personnel is a feature of the Royal Tourna-ment at Olympia. Sgt. Slaney is seen leading the side drums in arehearsal at Henlow. Qood Sport in the Far East THE A.C.F.E. team challenge cup waswon by a team from Seletar, Malaya, with an aggregate of 61 points, in theR.A.F. Air Command Athletics cham- pionship lately held in perfect weatheron the R.A.F. sports ground, Singapore Island. Among Senior Officers presentwere: A.V-M. Sir George Pirie, Com- mander-in-Chief, Far East; A.V-M.F. F. Inglis, Senior Air Staff Officer, A.C.F.E.; A.V-M. J. D. Breakey,A.O.C., Malaya; A.V-M. A. C. Sander- son, A.O.A., A.C.F.E.; and Air Com-modores A. R. Wardle, S. N. Webster and G. S. Shaw, A.O.C.s of Ceylon,Hong Kong and Burma respectively. The six teams which contested thethirteen events represented Malaya " A " (Changi), Malaya " B " (Seletar),Malaya " C " (Tengah), and Ceylon, Burma and Hong Kong. Close runners-up to Malaya " B " team were Malaya "A," with an aggregate score of 55points, who were the winners of the runners' team challenge cup. Prizes were presented by Mrs. Inglis,wife of A.V-M. Inglis, and the results were : —Three miles final, F/L. J. P. .. .Burma, 16 min 27 sec; 880 yards, F/J. P. Haile, Burma, 2 min 9! sec; 120 yards hurdles, F/O. A. F. Dorward, Hong Kong,i8| sec; Throwing the discus, W/C. R. I?M. Bowen, D.F.C., Malaya " A," 95ft iin; 100yards, Sgt. D. H. Sutton, Malaya " B," 105 sec; Putting, Sgt. D. H. Sutton, Malaya" B," 34ft 4in; 220 yards, Cpl. S. R. Sewell, Hong Kong, 24 sec; Long jump, F/O.H. J. E. Howe, Malaya " D," 20ft 61in; One mile, F/L, J. P. Haile, Burma, 4 min57 sec; 440 yards, Sgt. L. G. Wilson, Malaya "A," 54! sec; Javelin, F/O. G. Gough,Burma, 134ft 6in; 4Xroo yard relay, MaLj,;^ " B " team (Sgt. F. Pendlebnry, F/O. W. T\Kendall, F/L. H. J. E. Howe and Sgt. i D. H. Sotton), 47i sec; High jump, F/L.[ C. F. Rechens, Ceylon, 5ft 6in; One mile medley relay race, Malaya "A" team (S/L.P. H. Waterkeyn, D.F.C., Cpl. Carrigan, A/C. M. J Davies, Sgt. J. Morris), 3 min56 sec.
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