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1948
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•22O FLIGHT FEBRUARY igTH, 1948 Service Aviation *—~ r Spaight went to Air Ministry, servingfirst in the Directorate of Staff Duties and later in the Directorate of Opera-tional Training, of which he later became deputy-director. From 1941 until earlyin 1942 he commanded the bomber station at Scampton, Lines, and after-wards spent more than two years with the Royal Air Force Delegation in Wash-ington, chiefly on training duties. Fencing T7ENCING in the R.A.F. is to be-T revived and brought up to pre-war standard. With this object, nnits arebeing encouraged to join the Royal Air Force Fencing Union. A Royal AirForce fencing championship was insti- tuted in 1920 and was held each year upto the outbreak of war in 1939, since when it has been in abeyance. An inter-Command team championship was in- augurated in 1945. Last year and in1946 an R.A.F. fencing team was entered for the Britannia Shield Competition. Commandant of C.F.E. AIR COMMODORE D. F. VV.ATCHERLEY, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., who has been Director of AirSupport and Transport Operations at the Air Ministry since October, 1946. willtake up a new post on March 1st as Com- mandant of the Central Fighter Estab-lishment. The C.F.E. is exclusively concernedwith the problems of fighter tactics. It serves R.A.F. commands overseas as wellas Fighter Command and visits are paid by the establishment's Tactics Branchto units at home and abroad to study their problems and to create a uniformtactical doctrine. . v . :i A.V-M. Bouchier "Honoured A.V-M. C. A. BOUCHIER, ActingCommander - in - Chief of British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan,has been presented with the American Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander,by Lieut. General Ennis S. Whitehead, Commanding General of the Far EastAir Forces. "The President of the United States has awarded you theLegion of Merit in recognition of your services in the European theatre ofoperations," said General Whitehead, in making the presentation. " It is myhonour to present it to you as his repre- sentative and to offer you my warmestcongratulations.'' The Legion of Merit was awarded tothe Acting Commander-in-Chief in recog- nition of his services to the AmericanAir Forces in the European theatre of operations in 1943-44. Since the incep-tion of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, A.V-M.Bouchier has commanded the British Commonwealth Air Force. During thattime he has twice acted as Cammander- in-Chief of B.C.O.F. "Battle of Britain" Locos •T WO "Battle of Britain" class loco-motives foi use on the British Rail- ways (Southern Region) arc to be namedby Sir Archibald Sinclair at Waterloo Station on February 23rd. One will becalled Sir Archibald Sinclair, to com- memorate his connection with the Battleas Secretary of State for Air from 1940 to 1945, and the other Biggin Hill, afterthe famous fighter Station from whose PUSHED BY A GIPSY . The Heston A.O.P. Gpsy Queen engine, driving a two-blade Note the exceptional sector a great part of the Battle wasfought. The present station commander of Biggin Hill—Squadron Leader G. D.Sise, D.S.O., D.F.C.—will be present and the commanding officers of two famousR.Aux.A.F. squadrons which took part in the Battle of Britain and now havetheir headquarters at Biggin Hill—No. 600 (City of London), of which SirArchibald Sinclair is Honorary Air Com- modore, and No. 615 (County of Surrey)—have also been invited. A.T.C. Cadets as Pilots A HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREEproficient A.T.C. cadets who regis- tered last December have a chance ofbeing selected for training as pilots during their National Service with theR.A.F. They will be invited to apply for this training when called up for theirpreliminary medical examination and their pilot testing should take place atR.A.F. North Weald during April. Those who qualify will be the first chosen undexthis new scheme, and they will be among the first men not on regular engagementsto be trained as pilots. The scheme applies only to A.T.C. cadets holdingthe proficiency certificate and with a school certificate standard of education. "Hey Joe ! D ye mind if we do line abreast now." Flight" photograph. prototype, to Specification A.2J45 has a i D.H. constant-speed airscrew, 7|ft in diamet*L field of view obtainable. ' \ Orville Wright '"THE following message from Sir James-*- Barnes, K.C.B., K.B.E.; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, hasbeen sent to the family of the late Mr. OrviUe Wright:— '' The Air Council desire roe to expresson their behalf and on behalf of the Royal Air Force their sincere condolenceupon the death of Mr. Orville Wright, whose unique achievements as a pioneerof aviation will always be remembered." Short Service Commissions THE following officers have beenappointed to short service commis- sions in the branches of the Royal AirForce as shown: — General Duties Branch: F/Ls. T. D.Scott, R. Whittam; F/Os. K. W. Rogers, J. S. McC. Wallace. Equipment Branch: F/L. "N. AHat-son. Secretarial Branch: F/Ls. E. T. G.Binks, J. E. Fletcher, S. T. Sharpe, P. A. G. Withers; F/Os. J. B. D. Eden-borough, D. R. Hinton, M. A. Noble. Medical Branch: F/L. J. A. Cooney,M.B., Ch.B. Dental Branch: S/L. H. S. Johnson,L.D.S. Chaplains Branch Church of Eng-land): Revs. R. J. Bond, E. D. ~ ~ P. S. Grimwood, T. S. Jones, £J. H. Mason, B.A.; J. W. Now O.B.E., B.A.; M. G. Roberts, T.Robinson, B.A.; A. F. V. H. Sheppard, B.A.; F. W. Street, B.A. Provost Branch: F/Ls. (Acting)G. C. Brown, H. E. Harrison. Catering Branch.• F/T.. L. Penny(Acting), F/O. L. W. Playfoot. Reunions A REUNION ("stag") of No. 3British Flying Training School, R.A.F., situated during the wax years atMiami, Oklahoma, U.S.A., is being teld at the Chatelain Restaurant, GerrardStreet, W.i, on Saturday, April 17th, at 6.30 p.m. Tickets, 17s 6d each, fromH. V. D. Hailett, 142, Southampton Road, Eastleigh.# • • A 157 Squadron Association dancewill be held in London on March 5th, to which ex-members of the Squadron,6157 S.E., and all friends of the Squadron are invited. Close friends of the Squadron are alsoinvited to become honorary members of the Association. Particulars from theSecretary, "The Leopard," Seward St., Qerkenwell, London, E.C.i.
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