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1948
1948 - 0124.PDF
io8 'JANUARY 22ND, 194R Service Aviation given "refresher" pilot training forferrying and communication^ tfuties in non-operational areas during^periods ofemergency. This was the ;mrst">*tep to-wards the formation of a^flying branch for women who are already qualifiedpilots, including women who have served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during thewar. Among the first pilots from the Lon-don area are Miss Ray Mary Sharpe, M.B.E., Miss Freydis Leaf and MissRuth Russell. ' Nickels: Ricfor Kice EIGHTY THOUSAND leaflets, urgingJapanese farmers to surrender any hoarded stocks of rice and sweetpotatoes, were recently dropped from a Dakota of the British CommonwealthOccupation Forces Air Group over six main agricultural districts of the Hiro-shima Prefecture of Japan. They were issued by the Hiroshima MilitaryGovernment and with them were dropped gift vouchers entitling the finders tosmall extra textile rations. Farmers who surrender the most rice and potatoesproportionate to the size of their hold- ings receive a special certificate from thegovernment. . Princess Elizabeth's Car T)RINCESS ELIZABETH has decided•*• to buy a new car from the £4,000 balance of the wedding gift contributionfrom member's of the Royal Air Force and the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.Writing on the Princess's behalf to Mar- shal of the R.A.F. LordTedder, Chief of the Air Staff,. her private secretary says:'' This will be of the, greatest use to Her Royal Highnessand will be a constant remin- der to her of the generosityshown by members of the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. on theoccasion of her wedding." The R.A.F. presented Prin-cess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh with a grandpiajio of a well-known make in an ebonized case and£4,000. The money was subscribed voluntarily byall ranks of the Service— 2s 6d by officers and 6d byairmen and airwomen. The car chosen by the Princess isa 27 h.p. limousine, and is generally similar to the onesused by members of the Royal Family during the SouthAfrican tour. ILLUSTRIOUS NAME : Piloted by Flight Lieutenant Farman, Officer Commanding No. 48 Gliding School. Castle Bromwich, a glider of the School is seen from a circling Tiger Moth. SEARCH AND RESCUE -PERSONALITY: Wing CommanderT. Q.<rf»r- ner, head of the Search and Rescue Organisa- tion of the R.A.F., the work of which was out- lined in " Flight " last week. The R.A.F. and St. Dunstan's TODAY—January 22nd—Air MarshalSir Hugh Saunders, representing the Air Ministry, will formally open North-gate House, Rottingdean, as St. Dun- stan's Children's Home. NorthgateHouse, in Baze Hill Road, has for one year been the residential quarters oftrainees at St. Dunstan's Training Centre, Ovingdean, a ten-minute walkacross the Downs. Now that the number of trainees has lessened to an extentthat the overflow accommodation is un- necessary. Northgate House is destinedto serve yet a. further useful purpose in connection with the welfare work of thatgreat organization. This diversion is largely due to suggestions from theR.A.F. which made an appeal in 1946 to home and overseas stations for dona-tions for St. Dunstan's, and which re- sulted in the magnificent sum of£'131,180 10s 6d "being raised. When the Chief of the Air Staff,Marshal of the -Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, formally handed the cheque toSir Ian Frase*/ M.P., Chairman of St. Dunstan's, Ire intimated" that it wouldgive much pleasure "pd %h<i R.A.F. as a whole,».ir; the donation could be allocatedin some way thajjjsthe interest the R.A.F. ^d ' "di^playecL'should be permanently^ - v.r;asS*Kiated with the work of *" Ttt- Dunstan's. The sugges-tion was warmly and will- ingly met, and the idea ofestablishing the Children's Holiday Home—agreed to bythe Air Council—was one to which fulfilment is now to begiven. Other ideas were con- sidered and a second sugges-tion which will materialize very shortly was the estab-lishment of a club for blinded jx-Servicemen * at the NewHeadquarters of St. Dun- stan's in Marylebone Road,which is to be opened during the summer. A plaque suit-ably inscribed will be erected in the main room of the Clubintimating that the Club has been created with donationsfrom the R.A.F., and, more- over, an ex-Warrant. Officerof the R.A.F. has been appointed and will be in-stalled as the Steward, allocations from the R.A.F.donation have been devoted to the de- velopment of radar devices for the useof the war-blinded men and women. New Director of Navigation CDRE. N. H. EVAETH, C.B.E.,who has been Commandant of the Empire Air Navigation School at Shaw-bury, Shropshire, for the past two and a half years and who has been appointedDirector of Navigation in the Air Ministry, takes over his new post earlynext month. As Commandant at Shaw- bury he flew 90,000 miles with Aries Iand //. He began his Service career as a naval cadet in 1913 and was commis-sioned In 1920 at the age of 19 after A . attending the Royal Air Force College. Cranwell. Before becoming Commandant of the Empire Air Navigation School, he was S.A.S.O. at H.Q. 19 Group. women Doctors and Dentists WOMEN doctors and dentists maynow apply for short-service com- missions in' the ji^A.F. They are ex-pected to do four years' active list and four years' reserve service. Gratuityafter the active list service is £Goo for the doctors and £500 for dentists. Theywill be granted Air Force rank and serve under the same conditions as men medi-cal and dental officers. Two PrioritiesI N a speech to *?oal miners at Clipstonc.on January nth, Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas, M.P. Under-Secretary of Statefor Air, said: '' All of us on the Air Council, from the Secretary of State andLord Tedder downwards, watch the weekly coal output figures as carefullyas we watch our own aircraft service- ability. Our job is to build up the mostefficient air force in the world, know that a nation's defence forc.no stronger than a nation's fj We know, too, that the harnessing ofatomic energy for industry is not just around the corner and that until it isharnessed the health and strength of our economy are dependent on the efficient vof our coal mining industry. Every ton of coal not only helps our export trade.and thus brings us food and clothing, but it lays another brick in our wall ofdefence. Even the housewife who ha? never seen a coal mine or—lucky woman—heard a night fighter, is beginning to realize that her standard of living andher security are dependent upon her fel- low countrymen who faithfully performtheir tasks either thousands of feet belcm the ground or tens of thousands of feetabove it. As you all know, the Govern- ment is putting mining first among ourindustries, and the Air Force first among our fighting*services." ReunionA N early reunion of cadets who have graduated from No. 19 F.T.S., R.A.F. College, Cranwell, is proposed. All graduates, wherever they may be. are asked to contact F/O. J. Oliver at R.A.F. Feltwell. Thetford, Norfolk.
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