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1947
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I24 Service Aviation Officers for I.D.C.T HE following Royal Air Force officershave been selected for the course at the Imperial Defence College beginningin ]anuary, 1948".— A. Cdre. A. C. H. Sharp, D.S.O.,A.F.C., representative of the Air Member for Supply and Organization onthe Manpower Economy Committee; A. Cdre. D. Macfadyen, C.B.E., AirOfficer Commanding, R.A.F. Station, Digby; A. Cdre.' N. S. Allinson, C.B.,Director of Operational Training, Ai? Ministry; A. Cdre. A. D. Gillmore,C.B.E., Director of Postings, Air Ministry; A. Cdre. T. N. McEvoy,C.B.E., Director of Command Staff Training, Air Ministry; A. Cdre. J. G.W. Weston, O.B.E., Commandant, Central Signals Establishment; A. Cdre.H. D. Jackman, C.B., C.B.E., Director of Movements, Air Ministry; Acting A.Cdre. A. J. W. Geddes, C.B.E., D.S.O., Director of Organization (Establish-ments), Air Ministry. This will be the third post-war course at the college andwill last from January to December. W.A.A.F. inter'Command Athletics "T^HE Inter - Command W.A.A.F. J- Athletic Meeting will be held in the stadium at R.A.F. Station Uxbridge on Friday, August 15th, beginning at 2.30 p.m. R.A.F. as InsuranceM R. GEOFFREY DE FREITAS,M.P., the Under-Secretary of State for Air, in a speech at the Annual Con-ference and Dinner of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Masonic Hall, Not-tingham, on July 18th, said : " Insurance is one of our greatest bread-winning ex-ports. Much of our visible export trade deprives us of goods which are scarce athome. Insurance, an invisible export which brings us hard currency, is anex >ort of commodities which we have in abundance at home—fair dealing and in-tegrity. His Majesty's Government are determined to do everything to maintainthe world-wide appreciation of the value and security of British insurance."The importance the Government attaches to the maintenance of the supremacy o£British insurance, he said, is shown by the fact that, in spite of the enormouslyheavy legislative programme, the Government found time to pass the greatAssurance Companies Act. '' There is another aspect of insurance with whichI am concerned as a Minister of one of the fighting services," he went on, " TheAir Force is taking from our national economy this year ^200,000,000 and300,000 men. While our taxation remains the highest in the world, and while ourproductive industries are undermanned, the only justification for these hugefigures is that they are a premium in money and manpower paid for nationalinsurance. A country about to be in- sured wants to be certain that it is gettingvalue for money and that the premium is not too high." Mr. de Freitas recalled that throughoutthe centuries of conflict between kings and the people, Parliament built up rigorousfinancial control of the Government. "That control," he said, "is there to-day. But even more important at this time is manpower control. Here, the JULY 3TST, 1947 THE BIG DRAW: Midshipmen of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Theseus try out their newly acquired Indian hookah in the gunroom. This formidable apparatus holds two ounas of tobacco. Air Council, determined to be in the leadin offering the best terms of insurance, cast self pride away and called on theworkers and managers in industry to help us on our Manpower Economy Com-mittee. This Committee has worked hard for many months challenging ourassumptions as to the use of manpower. We are prepared to abandon anytraditional assumptions as to organiza- tion. Our aim is to provide the greatestprotection at the lowest cost in men and money. Our aim, like that of true in-surers, is to work each day to enable our fighting machine to increase ourcover and reduce the premium." American Sculptress's QiftT HE Air Council has accepted, for pre-sentation to the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, the gift of a bronze bust ofa British airman, the work of the donor, Miss Eleanor Mellon, a distinguishedAmerican sculptress living in New York. Miss Mellon met many members of theRoyal Air Force while they were training in America during the war and she fre-quently helped to entertain them at the ' Aii Force Club " in New York. Heradmiration for them found expression in her art and several Americans whosaw this head when it was originally done in terra-cotta suggested that itshould be done in bronze and offered to the Royal Air Force"' as a gesture ofAmerican friendship. The bronze was presented to Air Commodore R. L. R.Atcherley, C.B.E., A.F.C., Commandant of the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, in theAir Council Room, King Charles Street, London, S.W., on Fridav, July 25, byMrs. Lewis Douglas, wife of the Ameri- can Ambassador, a personal friend ofMiss Mellon. Fastest Airscrew Fighter T^HERE now appears to be no doubt -*- that the Supermarine Spiteful XVI is the fastest British aircraft driven by a piston engine and airscrew. The official A. & A.E.E. maximum speed figure for this type, fitted with the latest Rolls- Royce Griffon is 494 m.p.h. at 28,500 ft,This figure applies to F.S. gear. In M.S. gear the speed is 483 m.p.h. at 21,000 ft,and in L.S. gear 452 m.p.h. at 10,000 ft. At sea level 480 m.p.h. is attained. Otherimpressive figures are for the maximum rate of climb (4,750 ft/min) and serviceceiling (43,000 ft). A.T.C. Officers for CanadaF LIGHT LIEUTENANT C. B.BEARDSLEY, Officer Commanding No. 123 (6th Glasgow) A.T.C. Squadron,is the officer chosen to accompany forty- six A.T.C. cadets who have just left fora 3j-week coast-to-coast tour of Canada. Also with the party will be W/C. H. F.Bishop, M.B.E., A'.F.C, of R.A.F. Re- serve Command Headquarters. The St. Qiles' CeremonyT HE ceremony of the handing over of the ensign of No. 603 (City of Editv- burgh) Squadron to St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, was held in the presence of the King and Queen, the two Princesses and Lieut. Mountbatten. Reference to the ceremony was made in Flight of July 17th. Dr. Warr, Dean of The Thistle, Dean of* the Chapel Royal in Scotia^ and minister of St. Giles', said that'~ flag represented not one particw? squadron, but embodied all the majestic memories of the R.A.F. and its heroic achievements. Reunions ALL ranks of 236 Squadron, R.A.F.,are invited to a reunion *nd dinner on November 1st, 1947, in London. De- tails from H. L. Karby, 118, Gordon Road, Ilford, Essex. It is proposed to hold a reunion dinner in London on or about November 29th, 1947. for officers who served in the Netherlands East Indies between Octo- ber, 1945, and November, 1946. Any- one interested should communicate with S/L. T. S. Orr, O.B.E., Headquarters No. 18 Group, R.A.F. Pitreavie Castle, Dunfermline, Fife.
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