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1947
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iI'm, 1947 PLIGHT O75 SERVICE AVIATION OPERATIONAL TRAINER : Formerly known as the Firefly Trainer, the Fairey Operational Trainer is an adaptation of Together with the Firefly IV, this type is now being produced in quantity. New Director of Movements AIR COMMODORE LEONARD TAY-LOR, who has been Senior Air StaffOfficer, No. 41 Group R.A.F. Mainten- ance Command, since May, 1946, willsucceed Air Commodore II. D. Jackman as Director of Movements at the AiiMinistry on January 5th next. Air Com- modore Jackman is to be posted to theImperial Defence College for the 1948 course. In his new post A. Cdre. Taylorwill be responsible for all traffic move- ments of the Royal Air Force^whetherby air, sea, road or rail. Imperial War Museum AN MG15 gun from the first Germanaircraft (a Do 17) shot down by "Cobber" Kain is among the new airrelics from the 1939-45 war recently placed on view at the Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth. Engaged on a photographic flight, the Dornier -wasattacked at 27,000 feet over Lubey, France, on November 8, 1939. and wasone of the first German bombers destroyed over the Continent. Anotherof the new exhibits is the score-card of No. 254 Air/Sea Rescue Unit, whichoperated in the Mediterranean from July, I943, to August, 1945. This is an air- screw blade bearing the names of theunit's officers and launches, a list of decorations gained and bases of opera-tion. Rescues are indicated by small painted reproductions of the nationalmarkings of the " ditched " aircraft. In 73 successful sorties, launches from theunit saved 315 Allied and enemy airmen. Other items include a Vickers gas-operated machine-gun, a Hercules engine, a cylinder from a Japanese"suicide" aircraft that near-missed the aircraft carrier Illustrious, and a model Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements of the famous attack on Taranto har-bour. About' half the area in the museumdealing with the 1939-45 war is now devoted to the air fighting. The exhibitsrange from a complete Spitfire which took part in the Battle of Britain to aGerman rocket and flying bomb. There are also various items of aerial equip-ment, including 33 aircraft, which cannot yet be displayed owing to lack of space. V" ~:•-. :^'i- Flying Fatigue "VTEW steps to fight aircrew fatigue are•*- ' being taken by Transport Command in the drive against possible causes ofair accidents. Regulations drawn up in consultation with living medical special-ists, experienced on the Command's routes, lay down maximum flying hoursand minimum rest periods so as to en- sure that fatigue will not undermine theefficiency of the crews. Crews of Trans- port Command aircraft must not infuture exceed 1,000 flying hours a year, 300 hours in any one period of threemonths, or 120 hours in any one monthly period. Aircrews engaged in flying mustnot normally spend more than sixteen hours out of bed in any one period of 24 NOW A BOMBER : Shown here is a Bristol Brigand T.F.I, torpedo fighter, as demonstrated this year at Radlett. It may now be stated that a bomber conversion—designated Brigand g / has been developed and that certain light bomber squadrons of the R.A.F. will be armed with this mark.
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