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1947
1947 - 1811.PDF
OCTOBER I6TH, 1947 FLIGHT 455 to' them while they had a detachment stationed at Don Muang, the airport of Bangkok during 1945/47' W.A.A.F. Appointments THi following appointments have beenmade in the Women's Auxiliary Air °G/O. E. B. Richdale to be W.A.A.F. Staff Officer, Headquarters, Rese-rvc- Command. \V/O. M. H. Barnett to be Inspector WA.A.F., and with the acting rank of G/0. W/O. N. M. Salmon, O:B.E., to beDeputy Director W.A.A.F., with the acting rank of G/O., to succeed G/O.p C. Greig, O.B.E., who is leaving the Service in December.G/O. E. B. Richdale has been Inspec- tor W.A.A.F. since October, 1945, priorto which she was W.A.A.F. Staff Officer at Headquarters, Technical TrainingCommand. The appointment of a W.A.A.F. G/O. at Headquarters, Re-serve Command has become necessary owing to the expansion of the W.A.A.F.Reserve and W.A.A.F. Volunteer Re- serve (Flying). G/O. Richdale is to ad-vise the Air Officer Commanding-in- Chief, Reserve Command, on policy, plansand training of W.A.A.F. Reservists. Benevolent Fund (Scottish Branch) TO facilitate handling of the growingnumber of Scottish cases needing help, the R.A.F. Benevolent Fundannounces that a Scottish branch will be formed with effect from November1st. A.V-M. Sir John Cordingley, Controllerof the Fund, lately said "Some people imagine that calls on the Fund began todiminish as soon as the war ended. Far from this being the case, it is nowmeeting the biggest call for help in its history." The Air Vice-Marshal addedthat on December 31st, 1946, there were over 82,000 helped cases on the books,including 19,000 new cases. Total ex- penditure on relief by the Fund in 1946reached the record figure of ^504,286. These figures of course include substan-tial numbers of Scottish cases. The Chairman of the Scottish branchwill be G/C. The Earl of Selkirk, O.B.E., A.F.C., now honorary representative forScotland. Deputy Chairman will be A. Cdre. R. Peel Ross, D.S.O.,'A.F.C.,and Secretary, W/C. W. C. F Wilson, O.B.E., at present Area Secretary forScotland. R.O.C.—September ApplicationsS INCE recruiting opened last Novemberfor the Royal Observer Corps, 11.412 men and 1,732 women have applied.Applications for enrolment at the end of September for the five R.O.C. areasare jis follows, September increases beinfj given in parentheses :— Southern area: 2,754 men (7^) 331 wo-men (16). Midland area: 3,698 men (65) 508 wo-men (14). Western area: 1,739 men (35) 259 wo-men (5). - North-Western area: 1,708 men (56) 390women (17). Scottish area: 1,513 men (18) 244 wo-men (4) Recruiting is still open in all areas for both men and women. The lower age for new volunteers is 16, and the upper age limits are 45 for service at Centresand 50 for service at Posts. "208" in British East Africa MORE than IO.OOT people were pre-sent at Entebbe, Uganda, when No. 208 (Fighter) Squadron began their tourof airfields in British East Africa. The squadron had completed the 2,400 milesjourney from their base in Palestine in four days and, after refuelling and ser-vicing at R.A.F. Station, Kisumu, were able to show their Spitfires in per-fect condition. G/C. G. F. Woods, O.B.E., A.F.C., was in charge. The Governor of Uganda, H. E. SirJohn Hathorn Hall, and Lady Hall, to- gether with members of the LegislativeCouncil and Executive Council, watched formation flying, and one of the aircraft,piloted by F/L. Eric Hughes, D.F.C., gave a display of aerobatics. Previously,the Governor, who was received by the Air Officer Commanding, East Africa. A. Cdre. N. A. P. Pritchett, bet ore aRoyal Air Force Guard of Honour, and the R.A.F. Station, Eastleigh, MilitaryBand, had been introduced to the pilots by the A.O.C. At the end of the displayH.E. Sir John Hathorn Hall on behait of the Uganda Government gave acheque for ^100 to A. Cdre. Pritchett for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fundand also personal donations from Lady Hall and himself. More Pilots Join R.A.F.V.R.M ORE than 500 pilots are now fly-ing in their spare time in the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve. Recruitingstarted in March this year and now twelve flying schools are operating invarious parts of the country. Three more are due to open soon, and otherswill follow. Of the 513 pilots so far enlisted about 350 ex-wartime officershave been granted commissions. The largest response has been in theLondon area. Over 100 ex-R.A.F. pilots are flying again in Tiger Moths at Pans-hanger, near Hatfield, and another 91 use Fairoaks, Surrey. Towards All-weather FlyingO N Wednesday last week the last offour special "all-weather" courses designed to pioneer the way for an airforce which will be able to fly in every condition of bad weather, started at theEmpire Flying School, Hullavington. Be- fore they begin this course, pupils musthave flown for at least 700 hours. The aim is that every operational pilot shallfly independently of weather so that the old wartime phrase '' press on regardless ''may come to lose its meaning. Known officially as " Instrument wea-ther Courses," the new courses will give pla'ce early next year to a more generalform of flying instruction. This will in- clude the main features of the presentcourses and will be a revival of tin- original war courses, a feature of whichwas "limit flying," so-called because il involved flying each type of aircraft tothe limit of its capacity or the claims made by the manufacturers. Th > present series of courses will pro-vide a nucleus^ of some 100 pilots expert in all-weather flying. From ttiess. pilots will be selec-ted (together with others who will be chosen by ex-perts of the Empire Fly- ing School on visits toR.A.F. units for this pur- pose) to act as " instru-ment rating officers." Eventually there will bs SUNDERLAND AND SEAFORD: The Short Sunderland V (top) and Seaford I could hardly have been photographed fmm a better angle to illustrate teir differences. Note that the Seaford is longer, hss flared-out chines, Hercules engines and a aonal fin. It is understood tnat Seafords will be converted into Solents.
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