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368 FLIGHT APRIL IST, 194S " Flight" photograyh. SEA-FARING FIGHTER : The first prototype of the Sounders-Roe S.R-lAt single-seater fighter flying boat, with beryl axial-flow turbo-jets. This type was designed to Specification E. 6/44 and is potentially capable of over 52 Award 15th, 1945) no fewer than 500,000 youngmen between the ages of 15I and 18 joined its ranks. Of these some 170,000 com-pleted their training in the Corps and joined the fighting Services. Some wentinto the air arm of the Royal Navy, others into the Army, but the majority—morethan 100,000—enrolled ia the Royal Air The King has been graciously pleasedto approve the following award : — BAR TO DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.A CTING SQUADRON LEADERFRANK WILLIAM MARIUS JEN- SEN. D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air ForceNo. 8 Sqaadron. As Squadron Com- mander this officer has at all times set • a fine example and has trained his j-% 1 A • T~* squadron to a high standard of efficiency KOVdl Air t OYCewhich has been reflected in air operations. S/L Jensen was born in London inDecember, 1914, and was educated at Bermondsey Central School. He enlistedin the Auxiliary Air Force in November, !933- as a metal rigger, re-engaged, andwas embodied with the A.A.F. on the outbreak of war. He was afterwardstrained as a pilot and was commissioned in 1941. In August, 1943, after takinga fighter leader's course he was given command of a squadron. He was re-ported missing after an operation in following October and be-came a prisoner of war in Germany. He was awardedthe Air Force Cross and the D.F.C. in 1943 and healso holds the Air Effici- ency Award. In September,1945, he was given a per- manent commission in theGeneral Duties Branch of the R.A.F. He has beenserving overseas since 1947. Naval Aviation and Announcements Force. How* well tbjey performed theirduty I need sCa"ixelv say. Their deeds spoke -for ^hejj»«elves, as is shown bythe facfcjjwtit is known that those who ^-^ wapffecorations (in a service in whichi€\*«I<Kstandarsj£«xpected of a man was set ^'excjntienally high) num-p^ than 500. To- da'ythe strength of theCorps stands at some 800 units, with a total otabout 42,000 cadets; but we need more, and we arehoping to get the numbers **" up to well beyond our present total in the nearfuture." S. of S. at A.T.C. Meeting HTHE Secretary of State•i- for Air, Mr. Arthur Henderson, K.C., M.P.,speaking at the opening of an A.T.C. Week at RowleyRegis, near Birmingham, on March 19th, referred tothe establishment of the A.T.C. on Feb. 1st, 1941,and said: '' Between that date and V.J. Day (August GEORGE MEDALLIST: Flight Lieutenant Stephen Cunningham, who has been awarded the George Medal for " outstanding hero- ism" in his efforts to save the pilot after a Sunder- land had crashed off Southend last year. R.A.F. Rowing AN R.A.F. eight rowedin the Head of the River race from Mortlaketo Putney on March 20th. Starting 92nd in the sand-wich division they did the course in 21 minutes 15seconds, being placed 25th and thus qualifying for thefirst division next year. The crew, made up fromstations near London, have been rowing togetherduring the winter. This summer it is hoped to arrange practice for a CFew drawn from the whole R.A.F. and to enter for Henley Royal Regatta. " Possibles " for Olympic Qames TWENTY-ONE members of thei- R.A.F. and three of the W.A.A.E. have been notified that they may beamong those representing Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games. They rangefrom A/C.2 to Air Commodore. The senior officer is Air Comdre. W. E.Staton, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., who is already named as Captain of the Re-volver Team. He is Commandant of the Central Bomber Establishment and hasrepresented the R.A.F. in shooting matches eleven times. Another well-known personality isW/C. D. O. Finlay, D.F.C., A.F.C., the hurdler, whose first Olympic appearancewas in 1932. In the 1936 games he was Captain of the British athleticsHe joined the R.A.F. as an aircK prentice and later trained as a pMany people will remember his aerobatic demonstrations at pre-war Hendon airdisplays. He is now Senior Air StaJi Officer of a Reserve Command Group au<lhas won the hurdling event in the R.A.F. Championships for ten consecutive years. The full list of R.A.F. "possibles"is: Athletics: 400 metres: F/O. W. D. H. Conacher (R.A.F., Halton);A/C.i T. L. Higgins (R.A.F., Henlow); 1,500 metres: A/C.i D. R. Burfitt(R.A.F., Cranwell); 10,000 metres: S/L. P. C. Dainty, M.B.E. (Air Minis-try); no metres, hurdles: W/C. D. 0. Finlay, D.F.C., A.F.C. (H.Q., (>iGroup); S/L. A. Hughes (R.A.F., North Luffenham); F/O. R. H. Whitworth(R-.A.F., Kirkham); 400 metres, hurdles: S/L. E. J. Brice (Air Minis-try); Pole vault: W/C. M. V. Blake, D.S.O., D.F.C. (Transport Command);F/O. J. A. Redpath (R.A.F., Halton); Discus: S/L. L. Reavell-Carter, M.B.E.(H.Q., 1 Group); Weight: Cpl. C. W. Bock (R.A.F. Locking); Hammer: F/I>-E. C. K. Douglas (R.A.F., Chessington).
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