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1947
1947 - 1675.PDF
SEPTEMBER 25TH, I947 FLIGHT 37 r VIEW OF A CATCH: A Supermarine Seafire 47 touches down during deck-landing trials aboard H.M.S. top speed of this mark is about 4S0 m.p.h. at 20,000 ft. • Illustrious." The 'i. The D.A.F. Reunion t --TTHE only cause for regret at the[. •*• D.A.F. Reunion, held in the Royal Albert Hall last Saturday night, wasthat by a misunderstanding some re- unionists arrived with their womenfolkto whom admittance could not be allowed. There was a strong A.T.C.representation and a total of 3,000-odd guests heard the C.A.S. and Mr.Anthony Eden deliver themselves of stirring speeches, well leavened withreminiscences. At one time the air was thick with sand, and paper aircraft. Appointments THE Air Ministry announces the fol-lowing R.A.F. appointments: Air Marshal Sir Hugh W. L. Saundeis,K.B.E., C.B., M.C., D.F.C., M.M., to be Air Council Member for Personnel. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd,K.B.E., C.B., M.C., D.F.C., to be Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, FarEast; and is granted the acting rank of Marshal. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur P. M.Sanders, K.B.E., C.B., to be Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Air ForcesIjJTOccupation (Germany); and is granted the acting rank of Air Marshal. Air Vice-Marshal A. B. Ellwood, C.B.,D.S.C., to be Air Officer Commanding-in- Chief, Bomber Command ; and is grantedthe acting rank of Air Marshal. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders hasbeen A.O.C.-in-C, Bomber Command, R.A.F., since January 16, 1947, prior towhich he was A.O.C., R.A.F. in Burma from August, 1945. Formerly he wasDirector-General of Postings at the Air Ministry from November, 1944, afterhaving been A.O.C. No. 11 Group, Fighter Command for two years, andbefore that Air Officer (Administration) a^ H-Q-. Fighter Command, for nine months. From January, 1939, untilFebruary, 1942, he was seconded foi special "duty with the New ZealandGovernment. Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd hasbeen R.A.F. Instructor at the Imperial Defence College since November 15,1945, prior to which he was A.O.C. Very Long Range Bomber Force from April,1945, having been A.O.C. Planning Force, for V.L.R. Bomber Force. Thisforce was to have taken part in the air assault upon Japan. Sir Hugh Lloydwas A.O.C. of the North-West Africa Coastal Air Forces from March, 1943, toNovember, 1944, and while in that post organized the air escort operation cover-ing the Salerno landings. He was pre- viously Senior Air Staff Officer toM.R.A.F. Lord Tedder at H.Q., R.A.F., Middle East, and from May, 1941, wasA.O.C., R.A.F. Malta, at the height of the enemy attempts to neutralize theIsland as an offensive base. For his work in this Command Sir Hugh received theC.B. and K.B.E., and a congratulatory message from the Secretary of State forAir spoke of his "brilliant leadership." Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Sandershas been in the Department of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Training) forduty with the Committee for Revision of R.A.F. Manuals. Formerly he wasCommandant of the Royal Air Force Staff College, where he was appointed inNovember, 1945. Before that he was Air Officer in Charge of Administration atthe Headquarters of Bomber Command from January, 1943. He had been SeniorAir Staff Officer, No. 333 Group, Middle East, and before taking up this appoint-ment in August, 1942, he was for over two years Director of Ground Defence atthe Air Ministry, when the R.A.F. Regi- ment was being formed. Air Vice-Marshal Ellwood has been a Director-General of Personnel, Air Minis-try, since August, 1945. He was for- merly Senior Air Staff Officer at H.Q.Coastal Command, where he went iu March, 1944. He previously commandedNo. 18 Group, Coastal Command, and in 1941 was appointed Deputy Director ofBomber Operations at the Air Ministry. Navy Day at H.M.S. Fulmar ON September 6th R.N.A.S., Lossie-mouth and Milltown (H.M.S. Fulmar), opened its gates to severalthousands of the Scottish public. The display was officially opened by RearAdmiral L. D. The Mackintosh of Mac- kintosh, C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N..Flag Officer, Flying Training, who arrived from Donibristle by Expeditor.Before the admiral's arrival some of the public were able to fly over their owncountryside in Allied Airways' machines, while others harassed one of the stationinstrument flying instructors, in a Har- vard, by ordering him by R/T to per-form sundry known and unknown aero- batics. Seafire XVIIs, piloted by twoof the Operational Flying School instruc- tors, aerobatted impressively, and Lt.Leahy, of 801 Squadron, demonstrated a Sea Hornet. There followed the " rang-ing-up," take-off and forming-up of a mock carrier striking force (five Seafires,six Fireflies) which attacked a '' sub- marine " on the airfield. The sub putup a stiff defence of smoke puffs, but was soon engulfed by a series of photoflashes.The crew paddled across the airfield in a dinghy before their parent craft blewup with an alarming crash. Later a fire- fighting crew rescued a dummy pilotfrom a blazing Firebrand. Contrasting with this turn was comic relief in theform of a demonstration of how a Tiger Moth should not be flown. Lt. Logan,of 803 Squadron, put up a fine individual display in a Sea Fury, and was followedby Lt. Larkin in a Swordfish. W/C. O'Neill then flashed by in a Meteor III,and Cdr. H. P. Bramwell, R.N., who is
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