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1947
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592 FLIGHT NOVEMBER 2OTH, 1947 Service Aviation further 50,000 are expected to have been released by December 31st this year. The total strength of the R.A.F. on July 1st, J945 was 1,115,600 and it is estimated that on January 28th, 1948, the figure will be 306,000. Thus the R.A.F. will have been reduced by 72.5 per cent. National Service PilotsS TARTING with December's registra- tion, a limited number of men called up for national service in the R.A.F. will be accepted for training as pilots. The entry will be restricted to cadets holding the A.T.C. Proficiency Certifi- cate who have obtained the School Cer- tificate or reached an equivalent educa- tional standard- After training, and on completing their period of whole-time national service, national service pilots will be required to enlist in one of the Air Force non-regular forces for a period of reserve service. They will be eligible lor retaining fees aad other allowances at the usual rates. Proficient cadets not selected for fining as pilots will be employed in a ground trade during their national ser- vice with the R.A.F. They can choose their own trade from those open to national servicemen and will receive over-riding priority for entry into trade training courses. Boxing in Paris ' -- IN an amateur boxing tournament inParis, a team representing the R.A.F. drew with the French Air Force, each side winning four bouts. The results were as follows: Flyweight: Leslie Howell (R.A.F.) beat Private Dorgigne ' - a kp—1 —t in the first round ; Banta. -ighl - °s Duncan (R.A.F.) beat Andre Tidcis on points; Featherweight: Charlie Tucker (R.A.F.) beat Morlay Camara on points; Lightweight: Private Laurent (France) beat Ronald Bruzas on a technical knock-out in the first round; Welter- weight : Jimmy Core (R.A.F.) beat Yves Tervelet by a knock-out in the second round: Middle weight: Michel Lapouri- elle (France) beat Peter Cox on points; Light / Heavyiveight : Joseph Rude (France) beat Ray Edwards by a knock- out in the second round; Heavyweight: Henri Caltot (France) beat P. Colgan on points. SKIRL 0' THE PIPES : Headed by their mascot (who won many hearts an.ong the spectators) the Central Band of the A.T.C. put up a splendid performance in the Lord Mayor's Show The R.A.F. was rspresented by their own Central Rand and by agricultural demonstrations in keeping with the theme " The Country Comes to the City." INVESTITURE : Wing Commander Archer leaves the Palace with his wife on Nov- ember 4th after receiving his D.S.O. R.A.F. Transport Flying 'P ASSENGER and troop-carrying air- craft of the R.A.F. flew about 7,800,000 miles during September with- out accident. Ship Target TrialsA S part of the Admiralty's comprehen- sive series of ship target trials a pro- gramme of research is now in progress in Loch Striven with the object of discover- ing the effects on ship structures of ex- plosive charges detonated at various distances from the hull, conditions simu- lating " near misses." One cruiser, three British destroyers and an ex-German destroyer are being used for the trials in addition to certain smaller ships. The entire series, which was planned in 1945, is aimed at the study of the effects of various weapons including bombs, torpedoes and mines upon ship structures. In certain of the trials which have already taken place in the Portsmouth area, ships were subjected to lirect hits. Denmark RemembersT HE inscription on a memorial erected by the inhabitants of Aabeuraa, South Jutland, to the 138 Allied airmen who are buried there, reads '' They also died for Denmark." In the form of a carved stone plinth, the memorial over- looks the graves and was paid for en- tirely by the people of this small Danish town. The most careful attention is given to the gVaves of airmen buried throughout Denmark, notably at Ranabol, where a large memorial has been erected to five of the crew of an R.A.F. bomber According to Miss Joan Leitch, who has been visiting Denmark, the appreciation of the Danish people of the part played by the Allied Air Forces has also found expression in a book entitled They Died For Us, written by a Dane and giving an account of all Allied airmen shot down over Denmark, with photographs of the cemeteries in which they are buried. Sharing the Load '"FHE- Air Ministry, at the request of -*- the,Electricity Commissioners, is to help relieye the load on the public grid during electricity peak demand periods. Emergency generating plants were in- stalled during the war/at R.A.F. opera- tional stations and at many maintenance and equipment units. The plant was not intended to be run continuously but when the Air Ministry was asked what assistance could now be given, the Works Directorate decided that the plant could be kept running between 7.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. daily for five days a week from now until the end of March. Reunions A 298 SQUADRON reunion will be held•**• in London on December 6th. De- tails from D. R. Wells, 52, Green Hill,London, N.W.3. * • * It is proposed to hold a reunion in London of ex-R.A.F. personnel who served in West Africa. Any '' Old Coas- ters '' wishing to attend the reunion, which will probably be on January 17th, should write to J. V. Heriz-Smith', " Tfi Nook," Uxbridge Rd., Harrow We Middlesex. Tickets will be about 25s. * * » At a reunion dinner, attended by some fifty ex-officers, N.C.O.s and airmen of No. 669 Squadron and Nos. 23, 24 and 27 G.S.E.s on October 24th, an associa- tion, with S/L. James Rush, A.F.C., as President, was formed and a reunion in 1948 decided upon. Ex-members of the units concerned can obtain full details from Mr. P. O'Brien, 4. Walton House, Longford Street, London, N.W.i. * * * There will be a reunion of ex-Rhode- sian Air Training Group personnel in London next January. Those interested should contact S/L." Alfred Cuddingion, Hermitage Lodge, The Hermitage, Rich- mond, Surrey ('phone: Richmond 3287), giving the R.A.T.G. units in which they served and dates.
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